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Capuchin monkeys caught abducting baby howlers - Cameras on a remote island captured origin and spread of a bizarre “fad”, first known documentation of a social tradition in which animals repeated... (www.ab.mpg.de)
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Original Title: Capuchin monkeys caught abducting baby howlers - Cameras on a remote island captured origin and spread of a bizarre “fad”, first known documentation of a social tradition in which animals repeatedly abduct infants of another species without any clear benefit to themselves. The source may be boredom.

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