那些试图用一把能够生物降解的勺子吃冰激凌的人应该会同情金毛卷尾猴（如上图）：当你的餐具总是弯曲或折断时，吃东西是很费劲的。
因此，当想要拿白蚁当晚餐时，这些濒临灭绝的巴西猴子已经厌烦了每次都要寻找新的餐具，它们想出了一种之前在任何物种中都未曾发现的聪明办法。通过用两条腿和卷尾保持平衡，卷尾猴会用一只爪轻拍一个白蚁窝，以便将这些小虫子赶出来，随后再用一根棍子刺穿白蚁窝——它们会转动这根棍子以免折断后者。最后，卷尾猴便可以享用美味的白蚁了。研究人员模仿这些猴子的方法后发现，将拍打蚁巢与旋转木枝相结合能够抓到更多的白蚁。研究人员3月8日发表在《生物学快报》上的这篇论文并未提及他们是否觉得用这种办法逮到的白蚁要更好吃。（生物谷Bioon.com）
生物谷推荐原文出处：
Biol. Lett. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0034
Critically endangered blonde capuchins fish for termites and use new techniques to accomplish the task
Antonio Souto1,*, Camila B. C. Bione1, Monique Bastos2, Bruna M. Bezerra3, Dorothy Fragaszy4 and Nicola Schiel2
We report the spontaneous modification and use of sticks to fish for termites, above the ground, in wild blonde capuchins (Cebus flavius). These critically endangered Neotropical primates inhabit remnants of the Atlantic Forest. They used two previously undescribed techniques to enhance their termite capture success: nest tapping and stick rotation. The current ecologically based explanation for tool use in wild capuchins (i.e. terrestrial habits and bipedalism) must be viewed cautiously. Instead, remarkable manual skills linked to a varied diet seem important in promoting tool use in different contexts. The repertoire of tool-using techniques employed by wild capuchins has been expanded, highlighting the behavioural versatility in this genus.
