
RZSS Living Links
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A research centre of @univofstandrews and @RZSS @EdinburghZoo housing mixed-species groups of brown capuchin and common squirrel monkeys
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http://living-links.org 24-06-2013 13:00:58
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Learning to tell all the capuchins apart at RZSS Living Links is... well, a barrel of monkeys 🙈 #EdinburghZoo 📸Kate Grounds


Massive congratulations from Living Links and BRU to past intern Luke Luke A. Townrow! Showing where hard work, dedication and passion can get you! And with a brilliant Supervisor too 😊. Congrats!


Feel-good monkey mood music, featuring two of our capuchin Ss at RZSS Living Links-- mama Junon and her daughter Matoury! Or as I've been calling the video: "ASMR: Allogrooming Social Monkey Relatives; A Sweet Mama Relaxing; A Special Matoury Rub!" 🐵🫳🐒💛youtube.com/watch?v=LS-mu-…

Looking forward to working with Griffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab Natalia Vélez (natvelali.bsky.social @ 🦋) and Tom Morgan on combining maths, modelling and monkeys to understand the diverse constraints shaping cognitive evolution. Some fun studies coming to RZSS Living Links! Great to be part of the #Diverseintelligences project.

🚨New publication “The role of anointing in robust capuchin monkey, Sapajus apella social dynamics” in Animal Behaviour with Mark Bowler Nicolas Cladière, and Andy Whiten with the capuchin monkeys from RZSS Living Links Published open access here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… See🧵👇

*New Paper Alert🐒* Capuchins learned a win-stay lose-shift task equally well whether a demo was received from the experimenter or their own exploration! Read abt the implications for complex culture👇link.springer.com/article/10.100… Christine Caldwell Liz Renner Mark Atkinson RZSS Living Links

Did someone say new paper? 📰🐒🚨 A recent study by Elisa Felsche and colleagues suggests that while human children use abstract knowledge to make predictions, capuchins do not. Head to our blog to learn more! living-links.org/blog/





Want to learn more about how our keeper team use training to help keep our monkeys happy and healthy? Check out our blog post by keeper Kenna Valles to read about positive reinforcement training and its benefits for veterinary and husbandry practices. 🐵 living-links.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/12/14/squ…

