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Adorable monkeys caught commiting grisly act of cannibalism – Livescience.com

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Screams sounded from the treetops just before a baby capuchin monkey tumbled to its death. Soon after, a few of the infant’s relatives gathered to consume the lifeless corpse and scientists saw the whole thing. 
Researchers have observed this particular population of white-faced capuchin monkeys
(Cebus imitator) for more than 37 years, documenting their lives in the Santa Rosa National Park in Costa Rica. In all those years, scientists had never recorded a case of cannibalism among the monkeys;…

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