Researchers puzzle over rash of baby monkey kidnappings Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.

A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him.

In bewildering new footage a capuchin monkey, the size of a house-cat, is videoed with a baby howler monkey clinging to its back. Neither monkey are related, nor even the same species.

Capuchin monkeys are mainly known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. However, scientists have come across a strange, new behavior among the primates: child abduction. Per Smithsonian ...

A young male capuchin named Joker may just be the world’s first primate influencer. But the trend he started—abducting babies belonging to a separate species—has deadly consequences.

Scientists studying camera trap footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler monkey on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

Capuchin monkeys have been monkey-napping baby howler monkeys in Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, off the coast of Panama. Brendan J. Barrett, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior ...

Monkeys Kidnapping Monkeys (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) The videos recorded a few instances of young capuchin males still carrying howler babies that had died, likely from starvation.

Monkeys; Zoo monkey eats her baby's corpse after carrying it around for days. News. By Harry Baker published 3 July 2023 The mother repeatedly tried to catch the dead infant's gaze before throwing ...

with david muir at 530. a new addition at the milwaukee county zoo. the zoo shared some pictures with us of the new day. brazos monkey, along with his mom, holly.

That’s what scientists think after watching a bunch of male white-faced capuchin monkeys walking around with baby howler monkeys clinging to their backs. The perplexing baby-snatchings, reported in ...