那些試圖用一把能夠生物降解的勺子吃冰激凌的人應(yīng)該會(huì)同情金毛卷尾猴（如上圖）：當(dāng)你的餐具總是彎曲或折斷時(shí),，吃東西是很費(fèi)勁的。
因此，當(dāng)想要拿白蟻當(dāng)晚餐時(shí),，這些瀕臨滅絕的巴西猴子已經(jīng)厭煩了每次都要尋找新的餐具，它們想出了一種之前在任何物種中都未曾發(fā)現(xiàn)的聰明辦法,。通過用兩條腿和卷尾保持平衡,，卷尾猴會(huì)用一只爪輕拍一個(gè)白蟻窩，以便將這些小蟲子趕出來,，隨后再用一根棍子刺穿白蟻窩——它們會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)這根棍子以免折斷后者,。最后，卷尾猴便可以享用美味的白蟻了,。研究人員模仿這些猴子的方法后發(fā)現(xiàn),，將拍打蟻巢與旋轉(zhuǎn)木枝相結(jié)合能夠抓到更多的白蟻。研究人員3月8日發(fā)表在《生物學(xué)快報(bào)》上的這篇論文并未提及他們是否覺得用這種辦法逮到的白蟻要更好吃,。（生物谷Bioon.com）
生物谷推薦原文出處：
Biol. Lett. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0034
Critically endangered blonde capuchins fish for termites and use new techniques to accomplish the task
Antonio Souto1,*, Camila B. C. Bione1, Monique Bastos2, Bruna M. Bezerra3, Dorothy Fragaszy4 and Nicola Schiel2
We report the spontaneous modification and use of sticks to fish for termites, above the ground, in wild blonde capuchins (Cebus flavius). These critically endangered Neotropical primates inhabit remnants of the Atlantic Forest. They used two previously undescribed techniques to enhance their termite capture success: nest tapping and stick rotation. The current ecologically based explanation for tool use in wild capuchins (i.e. terrestrial habits and bipedalism) must be viewed cautiously. Instead, remarkable manual skills linked to a varied diet seem important in promoting tool use in different contexts. The repertoire of tool-using techniques employed by wild capuchins has been expanded, highlighting the behavioural versatility in this genus.
