%0 Journal Article
%A Valença, Tatiane
%A Cardoso, Emiliane
%A Falótico, Tiago
%+ Lise Meitner Group Technological Primates, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Predatory attack on a bearded capuchin monkey by a Boa constrictor (advance online) : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-1689-A
%R 10.1007/s10329-025-01191-7
%7 2025-04-15
%D 2025
%8 15.04.2025
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Predation influences foraging strategies, as primates must avoid being preyed on while feeding. Some populations of capuchin monkeys are the only neotropical primates that customarily use the ground for nut-cracking. This time-consuming and focus-demanding foraging activity may increase susceptibility to predation events. However, there is currently no data on predation in tool-using Sapajus populations. We report a snake’s (Boa constrictor) predatory attack on a bearded capuchin monkey (S. libidinosus) in a tool-using population, as well as the other monkeys’ alarm calling and threat displays. We confirm these monkeys’ predation vulnerability and discuss how they balance foraging requirements with predation risk.
%K Predation risk, Prey–predator interaction, Alarm call, Boid snake, Sapajus libidinosus
%J Primates
%@ 0032-83321610-7365