Remember how clever and smart the? white-throated capuchin monkey who played Ross¡¯s pet Marcel, was? Well, seems like he has a major competitor.
Primates, as we all know, have almost the same human intelligence when it comes things such as sense of numbers and the ability to use tools. It's all about how they apply their intelligence and some, of course, are smarter than the rest.
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This little clever capuchin monkey tried to make a grand escape out of a zoo in China with the help of a basic tool - a rock! Yes, this little guy literally used a rock to shatter a glass enclosure.?
According to South China Morning Post, the incident took place at the Zhengzhou Zoo in Central China¡¯s Henan Province on August 20.
A tourist who witnessed the incident said, '¡®The monkey was sharpening the stone, then it started hitting it on the glass. The monkey scared itself away, but it came back to take another look and even touched it.¡¯
A zoo worker told a local news outlet that the capuchin is very different from other monkeys in the zoo and is smart enough to know how to use tools.
"This monkey is unlike other monkeys. This one knows how to use tools to break walnuts. When we feed walnuts to other monkeys, they only know to bite it. But it had never hit the glass before though. This is the first time. It's toughened glass, so it would never have got out,¡± said Tian Shuliao.
Zoo officials are now recalling all the glass enclosures and increasing patrols to ensure no animals attempt to escape in future.