Tool-Using Macaques Could Drive Shellfish Extinct
Season 39
Episode 5
About the Episode
On Koram Island, beach-combing long-tailed macaques have developed impressive tool-using skills, which are having some surprising consequences. If these monkeys continue to over-harvest their environment, the shellfish could disappear. This is the first reported case of a tool-using animal, other than humans, overexploiting a natural resource.
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