Adult male capuchin feeding on bird prey. (Luciano Candisani, CC-BY 4.0 via SWNS)
Monkeys hunt for meat — including snakes and lizards — when fruit and vegetables are scarce, reveals new research.
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Evidence of vertebrate consumption at FBV. A (top left): Adult male feeding on avian prey (photo by Luciano Candisani); B (top right): Mammal prey (marsupial) preyed upon by an adult male. The skin was ripped off and the viscera exposed (photo by Noemi Spagnoletti); C (bottom left): Lizard preyed upon by an adult female. Viscera were exposed (photo by Eduardo D. R. Silva); D (bottom right): Snake preyed upon by an unidentified individual. The upper part of the snake containing the head was ripped off and the viscera exposed (photo by Noemi Spagnoletti). (Carvalho et al., 2026, PLOS One, via SWNS)
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(Carvalho et al., 2026, PLOS One, via SWNS)
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