When Fruit Is Scarce, These Monkeys Hunt Animals

When Fruit Is Scarce, These Monkeys Hunt Animals (smithsonianmag.com)

2026-08-29 Sat | 22 points by cisc | original

[−]morpheos137 · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:41 UTC · link

I suspect it is not just when fruit is scarce many if not most primates are omnivores. Fruit is likely easier than meat most of the time but meat contains dense nutrients. Macaques e.g crab eating macaques routinely eat meat.