Monkey's feast on pasties for St Piran's at Newquay zoo

Fancy a mealworm pasty? These squirrel monkeys did! Credit: Newquay Zoo

It wasn't the traditional cornish filling - instead the primates gorged on pasties full of mealworms.

The pretend pasties made out of paper plates dyed with tea and stuffed with shredded paper.

Squirrel monkeys eat primarily primarily fruits and insects. Credit: Newquay Zoo