Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior?

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Video footage shows male capuchin monkeys carrying at least 11 howler monkey babies between 2022 and 2023. The monkeys' ...

Plus, researchers could hear adult howler monkeys calling back and forth with the infants, who would sometimes try to crawl away. Camera footage showed one occasion when an adult howler came and tried ...

Scientists have found surprising video evidence of what they call monkey kidnappings – and they’re trying to figure out why.

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A gang of young white-faced capuchins, clever monkeys already known for inventing the use of stone tools, has taken to ...

Both ordinarily focus on capuchin stone tool use, not monkey-napping and infant murder, and are also affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Chronologically, the first ...

The scientists nicknamed one capuchin kidnapper Joker because the scar at the side of its mouth reminded them of the "Batman" villain.

and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, among others, studied the odd behavior to find an answer. They found that, starting with Joker, four subadult and juvenile male capuchin monkeys had ...