Capuchin Culture

An intimate portrait of a family of capuchin monkeys living in the harsh, semi-arid forest of north-eastern Brazil. These monkeys must rely on all their ingenuity and remarkable skills to survive here. If they want to become independent, youngsters must inherit the strategies of their group: hunting, finding water, digging to extract roots, and even using stone tools to crack open palm nuts.
Director and Producer: Luca Antonio Marino
Executive Producers: Fraser Durie, Fiona Pitcher, Philip James
Narrated by Will Mercer
Music by Gianmarco Ricasoli
Thanks to EthoCebus Project
Copyright © Luca Antonio Marino & University of Salford
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[@travisbenson8956]

Love these little dudes

[@cathrinewhite7629]

Beautiful little film. My interest in primates was always with the old world monkeys. Capuchin were always stereotyped by the organ grinder training one to play an instrument, or just seeing them as the most trainable to interact with humans. This film is a reminder that wild is best left to remain wild. With the dwindling rain forests and drier weather conditions, these little guys inspire me with their resourcefulness. 👍🐒

[@lucaantoniomarino8834]

Thank you for your message, Cathrine! :) I agree with you

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

I love how the instinct to break things with rocks is inherent in them. In every video I’ve watched of capuchins kept as pets -that have never been in the wild, they always use household items the same way. They smash and flip them, even wet cloths and such.

[@farmagracasfarmagracas8105]

They are teaching us technologies to be used in the near future.

[@larisamusina3016]

Познавательный фильм.Спасибо создателям!

[@lennarthagen3638]

They are not pets

[@lucastheodoro865]

200 million more years and they have their own space station

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

An amazing and elaborate film talking about the lifestyle and how capuchin Monkeys behave so much a lot much more like human beings that they seem to have basically created their own version of the Stone Age and it's amazing of how non-human primates can actually do the same things of what a typical human being would have been so much of such. Like many monkeys they are one of the closest of all animals to us human beings it also just goes ahead to prove us that monkeys are actually teaching as as a reminder that not only just because we are related to them but also because we are learning from them as a result of their tool using behaviour is the key to our success as a specimen. Sadly some people would really like to take advantage by just keeping them as a pet now that these monkeys are literally threatened from the ultimate penultimate power that human beings have sadly are much more evil than what they used to be. Let's hope those who are able to successfully understand those clever looking primates show also understand about the reality of how climate change global warming and all the other factors that planet Earth is suffering from will always be acknowledged for mankind's wrongdoings.

[@PrimateProductions]

For capuchins finding food is never difficult as they are SO versatile in their diet

[@marzioscarmozzino3184]

I like capuchin very much after see this video.Thank you

[@interceptnomensagens6522]

Congratulations. Excelent video.

[@TB-vb1st]

Remember when they thought chimpanzees were the only primates that used tools in their natural environment? Anyways, so nice to see capuchins where they belong, out in their normal environment outdoors not in cages and used as props for profit by vloggers.

[@marcusdrew6452]

On vacation in Costa Rica the capuchin monkeys were so tame wild but using us to get what they wanted like onion they would all bunch up and chew and rub it on eachother they would go in a bliss like state and from the bar we would get fruit and fruit juice but sometimes they would steal our alcohol drinks they love shrimp and fish we would give them there was one called sweet Alice and another called little Billy who loved to be groomed and would groom you lots of times they made a mess of my partner's hair she had some wierd looking capuchin monkeys hairstyles lol I won't ever forget that troop of capuchin monkeys for the rest of my life

[@julieherring2522]

That’s a. Big rock he using my god how clever are they, your right about not seeing other monkeys use rocks for breaking nut shells, thanks for showing us this great video , very informative and educational.

[@lucaantoniomarino8834]

Thank you, Julie!

[@cameronmalchow1837]

Wow, imagine carrying around a baby that's nearly the same size as they are, then also needing to eat enough to not only feed themself but to feed their, rather large, baby.

[@lucaantoniomarino8834]

Exactly! :)

[@jerirevils3642]

Amazing how they cracked nuts. Shows they think do and analyze ..problem solving 101. Amazing

[@PrimateProductions]

They will use all kinds of objects as tools. Brown capuchins are amazing to watch. Lol..they will even use a small twig to pick their boogers from their nose and anything long and string like as dental floss!

[@arielsea9087]

Very cute. I was rooting for their success.

[@daddymorbido]

Grande professore!!

[@ljiljanapetrovic7785]

Prekrasno...a Kako su lepi I pametni ... obozavam ih

[@lucaantoniomarino8834]

hvala na poruci! :)

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

Oh and the fact that the moms share their resources with their babies is amazing too. You’d never see that with greedy, selfish macaques

[@LoganSewell83]

Macaques are all drama. Unfortunately this may be why they are always featured in monkey distress videos. Capuchins, although smaller, have a strong presence and may fight back.

[@lennarthagen3638]

You know nothing about macaques...you think u do because of the videos from Thailand or Burma where they are manipulated by moron humans pitting them against one another. Wild macaques left alone are awesome monkeys.

[@randythesavage1105]

Facts, Macaques are trash monkeys for sure.

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

Leaf monkeys in particular actually have a very similar personality to that of a new world monkey

[@janetking4829]

I love it 💕

[@simsoueumaria]

Adorei o video!

[@paulhall1239]

These are some awesome monkeys 🐒 very smart and best monkeys for being pets to.

[@JohnnygSawyer]

Wild monkeys should never be pets. Why? For your own personal enjoyment? They're social beings within the context of their troop.

[@ganeshghimire7232]

I LOVED THIS VEDIO. ❤❤❤

[@lucaantoniomarino8834]

Thank you! :)

[@Mr_a_gee]

Wow

[@leonorpimentel1532]

So sweet.🐒🐒

[@MoonBug182]

I like how 70% of monkey videos are: MOTHER DROPS MONKEY BABY FROM 10100101018282726262 FEET IN THE AIR11!1😭🥶😱😱 These 30% videos: legit family time and stone age and survival❤️

[@godofthepond8234]

かわいすぎ

[@chanasir6398]

It's thinking's. So amazing.

[@andicastro1203]

Notice how many animals cry “ma”!

[@jonicarter4617]

I 💙 capuchins.

[@jonicarter4617]

Precious monkeys🐒❤🥰

[@christinamoore9618]

Capuchins are so cute

[@nbamarc2525]

I see a lot of these people have these as pets on KZbin they’re look nicer then some of the other kinds of monkey breeds

[@misterslats]

Definetly the best looking monkey breed by far. Downright adorable.

[@TB-vb1st]

Which is unfortunate, monkeys belong in the wild, not as pets. No matter how many people think these pet monkeys are 'loved' by their owners, they are not living the lives they were meant to in the wild.

[@primate2023]

Video good

[@arielsea9087]

Unrelated, but the capuchin monkey reminds me of an 80’s movie called Monkeyshines. About a paraplegic that gets a monkey trained as an experiment to help him cope with daily life and things turn bad. But the monkeys here are good.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192]

I got that movie on dvd.

[@JesusChristIsKing247]

I'm amazed at how Jesus created these lovely capuchins! He's SO GOOD! Thanks for this video! :) Romans 10:9- If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[@jimmy_os]

Yeah

[@meinlet5103]

pls no

[@jimmy_os]

Well God actually created these :)

[@lroche3262]

Yes, God created the nature, where one creature mercilessly kills or eats other alive. So beautiful!

[@watso-007]

@Taylor McKibbens this proves that u really need education

[@serrakdeacon3160]

The next David Attenborough? :)

[@WillaHerrera]

8:38 NUTCRACKER

[@tatianagontareva8509]

Beautiful! I wish it were as beautiful all over the world. Whoever wants to help, I recommend watching the online broadcast of the international forum "We are People. We want to live". On May 7, 2022 at 15.00 GMT

[@bake_mono]

❤️

[@sargondp69]

I tired to buy one of these nutcrack monkeys but the lunatic at the store kept insisting I buy some funny looking wooden doll or weird fork thingy. Technological peddlers, the nerve! How do we live this world disconnected from nature?

[@jakob1840]

👍

[@3dju]

8:20

[@425HP]

Oh yeah, you can just see the "perseverance and ingenuity" the way the Rats dangle on the tree limbs.🤪😂

[@alialbangali210]

Subhanallah ❤️

[@uoeno.]

Pariorts and monkeys 💨

[@2Sage-7Poets]

but how an old capuchin live until he dies..

[@kathleenhartnellharper7234]

That being said, Capuchins can be too cleaver for their own good. A woman had one for many years and he would watch her come home from work every night freshen her makeup and make a cup of coffee. One night she was late getting home and when she arrived there was coffee spilled everywhere, the gas stove pilot was on and the monkey had lipstick smeared all over his face. Monkey see , Monkey do. Years later she sold him to a friend, and he tried to make coffee again. This time he found the matches and burned the house down.

[@thogthemighty7960]

Primates never make good pets.

[@E_Mann86]

At least these monkey work for themselves aren’t like some girls that always depends on men