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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Monkeys Check the Weather to Find Food, Study Says


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A female gray-cheeked mangabey monkey feeds on Millettia dura flowers in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Mangabeys use their knowledge of weather patterns to decide which trees to revisit for the best fruit and insect larvae, a new study suggests.

Photograph by Rebecca Chancellor, courtesy Current Biology