Manual skills for processing plant underground storage organs by wild bearded capuchins.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23893
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Wild Sapajus libidinosus exploit underground storage organs (USOs) that require extraction and extensive processing before consumption. Since capuchin monkeys are small-sized extractive foragers that cannot perform forceful precision grips, we expected that: (a) they… read more here.
Keywords: storage organs; processing; manual skills; underground storage ... See more keywords