Spider Monkeys Invent Medicated Body Scratcher : Discovery News

08/02/09

Spider Monkeys Invent Medicated Body Scratcher : Discovery News  

Wild spider monkeys now have a new tool under their proverbial belt: a body scratcher that may release medicinal compounds, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Primates.

The study is the first to report this spider monkey scratcher. Lead author Stacy Lindshield told Discovery News that two other instances of the use of objects as tools by the social monkeys have been documented.

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