This is the hilarious moment an "angry" monkey attacks a tourist after she tried to retrieve her hat from the animal.

The footage, captured near Cancun, Mexico, shows the woman interacting with a monkey which seems to really like her hat.

The monkey can be seen grabbing the woman’s hat.

‘’Don’t steal my hat’’, the woman says as she retrieves it from the monkey.

All of a sudden the monkey grabs the woman’s hair in an attempt to get the hat back. Luckily the woman manages to escape with no injuries.

The woman later wrote online: ’’My friends and I were exploring the grounds of a resort we stayed at near Cancun last summer when we happened upon some random monkeys sharing an enclosure in a wooded area near the entrance of the resort.

‘’Though they had food and water, the monkeys seemed bored. Fancying myself a bit of an animal whisperer, I began trying to engage them.

‘’The first two monkeys we met seemed quite friendly - one actually reached for my water bottle and allowed me to give him a drink.

‘’The monkey in the video, who was separated from the other two, was fascinated with my Vancouver Canucks hat. I didn't realise how badly he wanted it until it was too late.’’

The footage was captured on July 11.

My friends and I were exploring the grounds of a resort we stayed at near Cancun last summer when we happened upon some random monkeys sharing an enclosure in a wooded area near the entrance of the resort. Though they had food and water, the monkeys seemed bored. Fancying myself a bit of an animal whisperer, I began trying to engage them. The first two monkeys we met seemed quite friendly--one actually reached for my water bottle and allowed me to give him a drink. The monkey in the video, who was separated from the other two, was fascinated with my Vancouver Canucks hat. I didn't realize how badly he wanted it until it was too late.