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A howler monkey infant, only a few days old, clings to a subadult white-faced capuchin monkey as it uses tools. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior In June 2022, while ...
Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. CREDIT: Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
White-faced capuchins on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park use stone tools; and scientists have been monitoring this unique tradition with an array of motion-triggered cameras on the island ...
Animal abduction: On Panama’s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys—a behavior never before seen in wild primates.
Scientists have captured footage of an unusual social tradition in capuchin monkeys abducting infant howler monkeys – a never-before-seen behaviour in wild primates. Researchers at Jicarón ...
The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. "This was very much a shocking finding," said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck ...
Next time, I need to visit the Botanical Garden of Palermo Sicily is home to a mind-boggling array of flora. I enjoyed looking at plenty of plant life as I traversed the island, but next time I ...
A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys ...