Monkeys at a village zoo in Omsk, Russia, are on hunger strike after their keepers failed to satisfy their addiction to onions.

The little beasts are sitting in their monkey house, sulking, and refusing to eat the delicious bananas, kiwis and papayas prepared for them. Three Hamadryad monkeys are the Arthur Scargill-style hardline strike leaders. The other monkeys, afraid to be singled out as scabs, follow their lead. Zoo keepers started giving onions to the monkeys in the middle of winter to try to stop them coming down with colds and flu, and the Hamadryads got hooked. via. Popbitch