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Monkey tool usage: Hammer and Anvil

Capuchin monkeys in Brazil using heavy stones to break open aged palm nuts. They also use boulders to rain down terror on jaguars from the top of an escarpment. From the BBC documentary "Clever M...  
 
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boiper (6 days ago) Show Hide
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That nut must taste really good for them to be willing to go through all that trouble.
bibi14930 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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ha! so cute. I like the year 2 class trying to figure out the basics. LOL! the best when they shoved the rocks off to shoo off that stupid cat. a rock should've dropped on that feline's head.
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There's a difference between the ability to do something and the right to do it.
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Lion does not think much of a right to kill his meal. He just do it. Man needs territory to develop. So the rest of animals are losing, as they are weaker. Simple as that. There is no such a difference for the nature between right and ability. It`s man`s mind that invented ethics.
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P.S: The intro to 2001 is "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss. :)
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Wonderful to think that these things happen daily! :D
Cute but smart. How perfect. :)
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Unless your skull is 4 inches in length and has tasty palm nuts inside I don't think you have anything to worry about ;)
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Dang they would make good good black smiths.
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I knew tool usage was super common (crows do it) but to see the monkey's raining boulders down on their predators is wonderful! Brilliant!
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That's awesome!!! X-D

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