Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant
Channel: Tati Valença
Date: 2023-03-04

Video abstract about the paper: "Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant"

Capuchin monkeys with disabilities adjust their movements and behaviors to forage, live with other conspecifics, and reproduce as other monkey does. However, a newborn capuchin monkey needs to cling to its mother in order to be with the group, which may be difficult for an infant with a limb disability. Here, we report a case of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant in Ubajara National Park (Brazil). The disability caused the infant to be in unstable positions and possibly contributed to his death. The mother carried the corpse for hours and some group members interacted with the infant.

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Valença, T., & Falótico, T. (2023). Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant. Primates, 1-7.

Tiago Falótico (@tfalotico) is the coauthor.

Acknowledgments:
Universidade de São Paulo, Animal Behavior Society, FAPESP, CAPES, National Geographic e Neotropical Primates Research Group.