Monkeys caught on camera ‘kidnapping’ another species’ babies

Monkeys caught on camera 'kidnapping' another species' babiesMax Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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00:00In 2022, when I was going through the camera trap footage as part of my doctoral thesis,

00:20I saw something very surprising. A capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on its back.

00:30Of course, I was very surprised by this finding. It was a really unusual behavior to see,

00:41but I was instantly curious if it was just a one-off or part of something bigger.

00:45And this, of course, raised many more questions, but it also brought us some answers to have these additional sightings.

00:51So we could, for instance, see that it was not a case of adoption where these babies were found by the capuchins,

00:56but rather abduction, because the infants tried to escape, they called to their parents who called back,

01:02and we also saw the capuchins preventing them from escaping. But why?

01:08In humans, boredom has quite clearly been linked to creativity.

01:11When we feel most bored, that is when we are most creative and innovative.

01:15And I think that we often make the comparison between animals and humans in positive ways.

01:20But in many ways, we are a great example of an animal that has traditions that harm other animals.

01:26And I think it is really interesting to see that this is not limited to humans, but also other intelligent animals.

01:31But since there is!, that we can disable their own oatmeal for their animals,

01:38how they can mengarification or human trafficking,

01:42how they reconsider the animals.

01:45And for example, I shown them on the app,

01:47as well as violated, let me know.

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01:51Let me impression this outbreak is that the size of your stuff.

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