Dec 7, 2022
Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Capuchin monkeys often get a bad rap for being michivous, trouble-makers, or even downright evil, but there’s more to them than that. They are one of the only non-ape primates with documented tool use, and the practice goes back millenia. The monkeys at the Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil use stones to crack open cashew nuts, and studies have even shown they may be experimenting over generations different sizes and shapes to best fit their food. The oldest tools found dated back 3,000 years ago.
(Image: A black-striped capuchin monkey cracking open a nut by Ben Cranke)
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