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A pet puppy has become best friends with a caged monkey at a Chinese zoo.

The dog is owned by a keeper at Nanhai Zoo, at Zhumadian city, who takes her pet to work with her.

She told the Dahe Daily newspaper that she noticed a bond developing between the pair about a month ago.

"When the dog walked toward the cage, the monkey inside started to shriek," said the woman.

And, as the six-month-old dog visited the monkey more often, they developed a close friendship.

The monkey would feed the dog bananas and grooms its hair, while the dog would let the monkey ride on its back.

A spokesman for the zoo said it was happy for the dog to spend its days in the monkey's cage as the unlikely double act was proving a hit with visitors.