Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Monkey See…
Monkeys Use Insecticide! They really are almost as smart as us (maybe smarter, if you consider who’s running the country). Learned Sunday, while watching the “Life Of Mammals” series on DVD, that Capuchin monkeys in South America rub themselves with pipa leaves, which act as both insecticide and medicine for skin infections. It’s a big social occasion for them, too, as they gather for group ‘rub-downs.’ Monkeys are smart enough to ‘think out of the box’ and find food where other animals see either obstacles or nothing at all. Interestingly, just read in NYT that there’s a huge shortage of monkeys for scientific research.
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