Scientists discover macaque monkeys in Indonesia that fish

AP Worldstream | June 10, 2008| | Copyright

Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food _ whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist.

Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired primates in Indonesia that fish.

Groups of long-tailed macaques were observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in Indonesia's East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers from The Nature Conservancy and the Great Ape Trust.

The species had ...

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