The vervet monkey is common in East Africa and adapts easily to many environments. Vervet monkeys living near areas inhabited by people can become pests, stealing food and other items and raiding crops. Good climbers, jumpers and swimmers, they often elude capture. This is a video from the BBC’s „Weird Nature” series of „wild living”, vervet monkeys from St. Kitts that perform daily raids on the island’s bars. Some parallels between human drinking habits and „alcohol gene” are also discussed in this movie. Just like humans, small primates can acquire a taste for alcohol – and behave in a similar fashion when under its influence, scientists have discovered.