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White-faced capuchin
Cebus capucinus
- Capuchins are believed to be the smartest of all the monkeys with large brains and dexterous hands for manipulating tools.
- 鈥楨yeball poking鈥 is a behaviour shown by these monkeys to say 鈥淚 trust you so much I鈥檒l let you put your finger in my eye!鈥
- Fingers can be inserted into the eye socket right up to the knuckle! The monkeys do this in pairs and normally hold hands at the same time.
- Some of the monkeys prefer nose poking instead, it鈥檚 all down to individual preference.
- White-faced capuchins are thought to play a variety of games with each other.
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