VIDEO: Hero monkey rescues dying friend

A monkey is being widely hailed as a hero online after a video emerged online over the weekend that seemingly shows him saving the life of fellow prinate who was injured on railway lines in India.

The monkey received an electric shock as it walked along electrical high wires and fell unconscious onto the tracks below.

Watched by commuters at the busy Kanpur train station, the footage shows another primate coming to his rescue - apparently trying to revive the unconscious money by shaking, biting, hitting and repeatedly dunking him in some water.