Digging up food: excavation stone tool use by wild capuchin monkeys

Abstract Capuchin monkeys at Serra da Capivara National Park (SCNP) usually forage on the ground for roots and fossorial arthropods, digging primarily with their hands but also using stone tools to loosen the soil and aid the digging process. Here we describe the stone tools used for digging by two...

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Main Authors: Tiago Falótico, José O. Siqueira, Eduardo B. Ottoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06541-0