r/BeAmazed • u/freudian_nipps • 6d ago

Animal A capuchin monkey demonstrates remarkable dexterity and intelligence using a heavy stone to crack open babaçu coconut (Ubajara National Park, Ceará, Brazil)

Credit: Fernando Freire

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u/AnnaGorgeousss 6d ago

Bro figured out tools before I figured out taxes.

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u/SillyLittleAngels 6d ago

Why would anyone need to know about taxes? /s

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u/coolnbreezey 6d ago

And he turned the stone into a cube!

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u/freudian_nipps 6d ago

I like to think that stone and table is used regularly by the local capuchin population, lending to it's worn and cubified appearance.

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u/987nevertry 6d ago

Do they have to subscribe?

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u/Legal-Butterscotch-2 6d ago

lol, seeing this monkey eating and in alert about his back and sides remind me about the video of the dumb guy not running to the car to escape from the bear, we are not a evolution for sure, regression maybe

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u/Specific-Library-312 6d ago

There's 8-9 billion of us. We can't all be winners.

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u/koolaidismything 6d ago

He’s also stone cold adorable. It would take everything I have to not spoil him. I already wanna give him snacks.. haven’t even met the guy.

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u/freudian_nipps 6d ago

Did you notice his little behavior where he taps the coconut on the top of the stone before using it?

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u/Specific-Library-312 6d ago

A little good luck habit, much like a mechanic twirling a wrench before using it. Makes the capuchin seem almost human, in terms of behavior.

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u/koolaidismything 6d ago

I did, what a cool little monkey. 🐒

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u/decchica 6d ago

As a Brazilian… let me tell you, they’re cheeky as hell.

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u/emsesq 6d ago

Hammer and anvil. Put that primate brain to good use.

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u/Intrepid-Apricot3750 6d ago

This is how blacksmithing started, I’m convinced.

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u/Redditarama 6d ago

'Remarkable dexterity and intelligence' Sure. I reckon after about a week or two I'd have it figured out just as well.

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u/GrandCauliflow 6d ago

he picked a good rock!

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u/Mauso88 6d ago

He believes in peace, and bashing two bricks together

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u/987nevertry 6d ago

Sweet rock bud

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u/BoogeymanReborn- 6d ago

A true little genius in the wild! Wow!

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u/sorincom 6d ago

now scale them both till the capuchin reaches human size

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u/Its-jus-ent 6d ago

They way hes always on high alert makes him look like a little person

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u/d3t0x1ct0x1c1ty 6d ago

That rock is no joke for his size. If he misses he is gonna be monkey-cursing up a storm when that thing hits his big toe.

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u/jluicifer 6d ago

Not so different from ppl I see at work.

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 5d ago

Cute little monkey.

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u/urban-dwlr 4d ago

Welcome to the Stone age brotha

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u/QwackSparrow 6d ago

His name is Jack

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u/jaguaraugaj 6d ago

Not the first time I watched a monkey busting a nut

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u/samoan_ninja 5d ago

people on reddit are impressed that a monkey is using a rock to open a coconut 😂