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Capuchin Monkeys Lab Report

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1. Introduction Capuchin monkeys are New World Monkeys, part of the subfamily cebinae. They predominantly live in Central and South America. To be more concise, they live in Neotropical forests, which includes swamp forests, flooded forests, and more. Usually these monkeys inhabit the center parts of the forest but will go anywhere from the top to the understory. Capuchin monkeys’ physical features are unique among New World Monkeys. Capuchin’s life span is generally more than 50 years and their weight anywhere between six to twelve pounds. Due to survival needs, Capuchins are very flexible, adaptive, and take any opportunity coming their way.One can recognize a Capuchin when one sees it since they have round heads and quite large eyes. Capuchin …show more content…

As the difficulty increased of each tray the amount of attempts increased as well.Also as the conditions were getting harder the amount of success was dropping.The monkeys were able to put the sticks in the groove quite a few times which wasn’t expected but imprecisely.The result of the task was that the capuchins had difficulty putting the stick into the groove because they lacked …show more content…

Capuchin culture mirrors human culture in that we both can not live without culture.We usually have a way of life a way that we do things.Just like capuchins have to procure food in a way us humans have a culture of getting to work earning money and earning food.We pass this form of life onto our generations and the cycle continues.Capuchins and humans have a little more similarities than we believe them to

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