Posted on 11/24/2020 8:45:02 PM PST by BenLurkin
While observing a small group of monkeys, the scientists heard loud vocalizations from high in a nearby tree. A 10-day-old monkey, known as CT-19, fell to the ground, and its mother, called CT, scrambled down to collect the infant. CT tried to carry the baby back into the treetops, twice, with CT-19 clinging to her belly, but the infant fell both times and could no longer hang onto the mother. CT-19 fell motionless for several minutes, and soon, other monkeys gathered around to inspect the corpse.
Prior to this young capuchin's demise, only eight cases of cannibalism had been observed in Central and South American primates, the authors noted. Among primates, in general, the rare cases of cannibalism tend to coinicide with infanticide committed by unrelated adults. In other cases, closely related individuals may consume an infant after its natural death.
White-faced capuchin monkeys typically eat both plants and small animals, such as lizards, squirrels and birds. When they capture animal prey, the monkeys tend to start by biting the face, so as to quickly silence the animal and to avoid being bitten themselves; the capuchins usually consume the entire animal, either alone or as a group. When cannibalizing one of their own, however, the monkeys behaved quite differently; only two monkeys took part in the meal and they left the entire upper half of the corpse untouched.
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The Jeffrey Dahmer diet: just eat a little fruit every day.
Killer whales (orcas) have been seen killing for sport.
I imagine most predators do occasionally. Many don’t get TV or Internet for entertainment, and are left playing with their food.
The natural world isn’t like a Disney movie? Who knew.
Did those monkeys vote in the last election — and are members of the Democrat Party?
Great start for
A Wednesday.
God's team, the Republicans, beat the Demoncrat plantation owners. In modern warfare, the side with the most factories wins. How many city slicker socialists work in factories these days? How many Democrats could survive a week without Republicans providing for them?
Yes, cannibalism is so adorable. It rates second only to abortion.
Maybe, just maybe, It was MEANT to be ironic???
Bought bunnies for daughters. They were eating their babies within a few weeks. Animals are animals
LMAO!
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