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Scientists watched wild capuchin monkeys for 45 months and recorded around 280 vertebrate-eating events; when fruit became scarce, the monkeys increasingly turned to lizards, snakes and other animals

🦎 No Fruit? These Monkeys Eat Lizards

Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Times of India · 1 min read · · Updated

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Just like us, capuchins get a little less picky about their diet when the good snacks run out—except their version of raiding the pantry is hunting down a lizard.

What actually happened

Science News: For most people, monkeys are closely associated with fruit, leaves and insects. But when their preferred plant foods become harder to find, some capuc.

Key points

  • Science News: For most people, monkeys are closely associated with fruit, leaves and insects.
  • But when their preferred plant foods become harder to find, some capuc.

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