A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him.

The proof came in scenes captured by the cameras: howler infants crying out while adult howlers called from the trees. ... “Monkey see, monkey do,” as Goldsborough put it.

Researchers puzzle over rash of baby monkey kidnappings Young, male capuchin monkeys have started kidnapping the babies of nearby howler monkeys. Why? Maybe boredom.

Researchers at Jicarón Island off the coast of Panama found a baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they're not related and not even the ...

Authorities left speechless after monkey dials 911 in Paso Robles 01:12. A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur.

A baby howler monkey clings to a young adult male capuchin monkey on Jicarón Island, Panama, in September 2022. Brendan Barrett / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior via AP.

Scientists studying camera trap footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler monkey on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

Capuchin monkeys don’t generally hang out with their neighbors, the howler monkeys, on Jicarón island off Panama. So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced ...

Monkey see, monkey do Although animals do sometimes adopt the young of other species that are lost or abandoned, this doesn't seem to be the case here, in part because of the sheer number of babies.

Because the baby snatchings have got to be hitting the local howler monkey population hard, as these monkeys don't reproduce often and have only one baby at a time.