Study Documents African Monkeys Eating Bats (VIDEO)

Florida Atlantic University

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During the course of the study, the researchers observed the Cercopithecus monkeys both handling and eating bats and sometimes had prolonged contact with the bat carcass. The monkeys spent between 10 minutes to just a little over an hour consuming a single bat, and in one case consuming the bones as well.

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Elizabeth Tapanes / Gombe Hybrid Monkey Project

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