For capuchin monkeys, learning goes hand in hand with tolerance Capuchins are among the most intelligent of monkeys, especially with their ability to use tools by imitating the behavior of ...

Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs Date: April 4, 2023 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and ...

On Jicarón Island, in the Coiba National Park, off the western Pacific coast of Panama, white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) are the subject of a long-term observational study that ...

Animal psychologists have released incredible video from 214 cases of Capuchin monkeys using stone and stick tools to forage for food in Brazil's Ubajara National Park . ... 'hands-only' digging, ...

A capuchin monkey is tested with a fake French drop – so the treat is actually transferred from hand to hand – as part of the experiment. CREDIT: Elias Garcia-Pelegrin.

By attempting sleight-of-hand magic tricks on monkeys, scientists learned about cognitive ... Capuchin monkeys were fooled by the French drop 81% of the time and squirrel monkeys were fooled ...

More than 20 years ago, Perry observed capuchin groups demonstrating social behaviors, like “hand-sniffing,” when one capuchin sticks a finger up another’s nose for several minutes, ...

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. Get ...

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Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly ... “They may just have a lot of time on their hands,” Dr. Crofoot said.