text: Europe’s oldest lar gibbon is enjoying celebrity status after a video of it strutting through a wildlife park went viral. Brian the lar gibbon, who is 50-years-old, was videoed by Amanda Dorman from South Lanarkshire, Scotland, who captured the critter’s creepy walk on a visit to the Lake District Wildlife Park near Keswick. The seven-second video, which is accompanied by Ms Dorman giggling throughout, shows the lar gibbon sneaking across in its enclosure while looking back and forth at the filmmaker. It was then shared over 130,000 times before The Lad Bible page picked it up and added the caption: ‘Running across the landing naked when you forget your towel.’ This resulted in the video being viewed over nine million times. Richard Robinson, Park Manager at the Lake District Wildlife Park spoke about the video on the park’s website, he said: ‘Brian is the oldest lar gibbon in Europe, and is very fortunate to be here. The hilarious video was captured by a visitor to Lake District Wildlife Park and shows the 50-year-old primate sneaking across a feild . ‘His records begin in 1965 at Chester Zoo and he joined us in 2000. Brian, his lifetime partner Sooty and their youngsters have been entertaining our guests for years. ‘They love swinging through the trees, walking round, grooming and sunbathing. There are hundreds of pictures and videos of the whole family, but none have caught the imagination like this video. ‘The caption just goes to highlight how we interpret their actions as being very human like – it’s this that makes them so endearing.’ The video has been compared to running across the landing naked when you forget your towel . Ms Dorman wrote on Facebook: ‘I’m glad Brian has done so well with my video. Hopefully loads of people go to visit him.’ The lar gibbon also known as the white-handed gibbon, is a primate in the gibbon family. They are strictly monogamous mammals and form strong family ties, as demonstrated by Brian, who has fathered a number of young – three of which still live at the park – with Sooty.
target: Brian the lar gibbon was captured strutting at the Lake District Wildlife Park .
  Amanda Dorman from Scotland shot and uploaded the seven-second clip .
  Video shows 50-year-old primate sneaking along while looking at filmmaker .
  Park manager  said Brian has been 'entertaining our guests for years'