Millions watch Brian the Gibbon's smooth moves

The Lake District Wildlife Park has a new celebrity, after a Facebook video showing one of its gibbons was viewed millions of times.

Angela Dorman was visiting from Scotland, when she took the video of Brian the Gibbon moving through his enclosure.

The film, with the caption "This gibbon running amused me for so long" has now been shared nearly 140,000 times from her Facebook profile:

The seven-second clip was then shared by the Lad Bible, and it's now been viewed by more than nine million people.

They compare the gibbon's antics to “Running across the landing naked when you forget your towel...”.

The Lake District Wildlife Park say that at 50 years old, Brian is no stranger to the limelight: