This Was Odd: These Monkeys Kidnapped Babies From Another Species. Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason.

Capuchin monkeys kidnap babies of another species — and the deadly abductions are caught on camera May 19, 2025 / 12:35 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...

The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. “This was very much a shocking finding,” said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max ...

He describes capuchin monkeys as "chaos agents" that roam through the forest ripping up and manipulating everything in sight, and says they're similar to humans and chimps in many ways.

However, since 2022, some of the immature male capuchin monkeys from the tool-using group have been caught on camera carrying infant howler monkeys. Doctoral researcher Zoë Goldsborough of MPI-AB ...

Off the coast of Panama, on an island uninhabited by humans, a culture unlike any other has arisen. On Jicarón Island, white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) rule, unmolested by ...

Video footage from a small island of Panama between 2022 and 2023 shows capuchin monkeys carrying at least 11 howler babies, a different species. In the videos, the baby howler monkeys cling to ...

Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small island of Panama. The capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 ...

Capuchin Monkeys Caught on Camera ‘Abducting’ Baby Howler Monkeys in a Strange Tradition Seen for the First Time Scientists on Panama’s Jicarón Island were mystified by photos and videos of ...