Capuchins showed ability to use tools while hunting

Recent observations by a group of scientists in the Ubajara National Park in Brazil led to an interesting discovery – the capuchins living in this area have learned to use tools in the process of hunting. Experts have recorded 214 cases of these primates using stones and sticks to obtain food.

Male capuchins preferred to use stones, while females preferred traditional methods of foraging. The main methods of using tools were to catch spiders and dig tubers out of the ground.