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 .
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 '