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June 10, 2008
Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish
Topics: General Science
These monkeys are pretty smart; hell, I know people that don't know how to fish:
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food - whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist.Continue reading: Scientists find monkeys who know how to fishNow, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish.
Groups of long-tailed macaques were observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers from The Nature Conservancy and the Great Ape Trust.
The species had been known to eat fruit and forage for crabs and insects, but never before fish from rivers.
Posted by Abdul at June 10, 2008 11:00 AM
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