This monkey in a mountain park in China has gone viral for striking poses in front of tourists

A pigtailed macaque at Qianling Mountain Park in Guiyang, China, has developed quite a reputation for entertaining tourists with its model-like postures.

This endearing monkey has a natural gift for the camera. When it sees tourists, it adopts a posture, pouting its mouth at the camera, hunching its back, or even peeping over to give the throng a cheeky over-the-shoulder glance.

It even stops for a few seconds between each stance, giving tourists ample time to take photos.

This monkey moves in front of the camera with such fluidity and purpose that one could easily mistake it for a professional model.

Tourists have remarked that after the monkey realized its playful actions were a crowd draw, it began altering its stances.

The professional posing of the pig-tailed macaque has caused passionate conversations on the Internet, and many people visit Qianling Mountain Park to view it.

According to park personnel, pig-tailed macaques are extremely intelligent and expressive creatures. Macaques often communicate their emotions by lifting their eyelids, squinting, or pouting, and they have had no formal instruction. This macaque has simply adopted some of the behaviors and movements of visitors.