These monkeys are very good at using tools such as rocks and sticks to find food.
And they’ve also learned to use a very unusual tool to find water!
Meet the capuchin monkey.
Capuchin Monkey
Crazy skill: problem solving!
Crazy Skill:
Problem Solving
These young capuchin monkeys are using their tails to balance and to dangle upside down.
But tails can do more than grab onto branches.
Today, the youngsters will learn how to use their tails to get a drink!
Right now, finding water isn’t easy.
It hasn’t rained in the forest for weeks.
But this adult capuchin has an idea.
She looks for a tree trunk with a hole in it, and then dips her long tail inside.
There she finds a puddle of water, and her furry tail soaks it up like a sponge!
Now, this young capuchin knows how to use his tail to get water from inside trees…
But it looks like he’ll need a bit of practice!
So how crazy is the capuchin monkey?
It uses tools like rocks and sticks to find food, and uses its tail to drink water!
tools to find food
tail to drink water
That’s kind of crazy!