Reposted by Geoffrey Mesbahi
A 33-year study on Costa Rica’s white-faced capuchin monkeys reveals that extreme climate events force the primates to abandon their social norms.
Severe droughts cause food scarcity, driving intense competition, territorial sensitivity and shifting group dynamics.
Adam Litchkofski reports.
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How Costa Rica’s extreme climate changes the social behaviors of white-faced capuchin
COSTA RICA: Dawn is yet to break when primatologist Susan Perry and her field research team move through Costa Rica’s tropical dry forest for a day in the field studying Central American white-faced…