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Watching the best nutcrackers: what capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) know about others’ tool-using sk...

Watching the best nutcrackers: what capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) know about others’ tool-using sk...

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Watching the best nutcrackers: what capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) know about others’ tool-using skills

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Watching the best nutcrackers: what capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) know about others’ tool-using skills

Publisher

Germany: Springer Nature B.V

Journal title

Animal cognition, 2005-10, Vol.8 (4), p.215-219

Language

English

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Germany: Springer Nature B.V

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Contents

The present work is part of a decade-long study on the spontaneous use of stones for cracking hard-shelled nuts by a semi-free-ranging group of brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Nutcracking events are frequently watched by other individuals--usually younger, less proficient, and that are well tolerated to the point of some scrounging being all...

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Watching the best nutcrackers: what capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) know about others’ tool-using skills

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_954605631

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_954605631

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ISSN

1435-9448

E-ISSN

1435-9456

DOI

10.1007/s10071-004-0245-8

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