[WVDXA] They have nevver found monkeys chasing DX tho.

[Pstark]

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for
knowing how to find food - whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or
snatching a banana from a startled tourist.

Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired
monkeys in Indonesia that fish.

Groups of long-tailed macaques were observed four times over the past eight
years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers
in East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers
from The Nature Conservancy and the Great Ape Trust.

The species had been known to eat fruit and forage for crabs and insects,
but never before fish from rivers.

"It's exciting that after such a long time you see new behavior," said Erik
Meijaard, one of the authors of a study on fishing macaques that appeared in
last month's International Journal of Primatology. "It's an indication of
how little we know about the species."

Pete Stark  K4OM
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Huntington, WV