Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food—whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish.
Groups of long-tailed macaques were observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers from The Nature Conservancy and the Great Ape Trust.
Another reason they may be smarter than you, Mr./Mrs. “I buy day old fish in the store”. Monkeys eat it fresh.
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