Small vertebrate consumption by capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus): Insights into the human predatory pattern (VIDEO)
Caption
Food transfer. (a) A Subadult male has captured a great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) and moves in the canopy holding its carcass. (b) Other group members show interest towards it and approach the possessor. (c) Food transfer may occur with the possessor tolerating the recipient to take a piece of the prey. (d) An infant, who has obtained mostly bones with very little meat, is chewing the same kiskadee initially captured by the subadult male.
Credit
This video is taken from the documentary “The bearded capuchin monkeys of Fazenda Boa Vista” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojU43JgpYo) by Elisabetta Visalberghi and Alessandro Albani. The footage was not recorded during this study, but it illustrates what the authors reported and extracts of it were included in the supplementary information of the Carvalho et al., (PLOS One, 2026) study under the CC-BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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