When fruit is scarce, these monkeys hunt animals

6 comments

• DarmokTanagra 35 minutes ago
  Most Asian primates that I have encountered are omnivores, especially if you include insects and small reptiles/amphibians.

  Is that not the case in Central/South America?
• sandeepkd 10 minutes ago
  Eating other animals and being able to digest other animals can be two different things. Feels like that should have been a part of such an article.
• lxe 17 minutes ago
  Related somewhat: ground squirrels in Bay Area park started actively started hunting voles.

  https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/carnivorous-feeding-squ...
• hinkley 10 minutes ago
  I was taught this in school thirty years ago. Is this not a known thing?
• kleton 36 minutes ago
  Once a horse gets a taste for baby chicks, it's hard to convince them they aren't omnivorous.
• morpheos137 1 hour ago
  I suspect it is not just when fruit is scarce many if not most primates are omnivores. Fruit is likely easier than meat most of the time but meat contains dense nutrients. Macaques e.g crab eating macaques routinely eat meat.