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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:29 AM Apr 2013

Monkeys can identify human hunters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22128404



Woolly monkeys can identify human hunters by their behaviour, research has revealed.

Poeppig's woolly monkeys live in the rainforests of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil but are vulnerable to hunting by the local Amazonian people.

Scientists investigating how the monkeys respond to threats found that they acted differently depending on the behaviour of humans in the forest.

The results are published in the online journal PLoS One.
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