Tony Pepperoni
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I just got here and idk what's happening
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And for those that would like to read a more accessibly summary, here’s the Gizmodo article on it:
gizmodo.com/these-monkey...
gizmodo.com/these-monkey...
These Monkeys Understand Economics and Intentionally Steal High-Ticket Items to Barter for Better Food, Study Finds
Some of you all may be familiar with the crime ring of long-tailed macaque monkeys that reside around the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, Indonesia, who were
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And for those that would like to read a more accessibly summary, here’s the Gizmodo article on it:
gizmodo.com/these-monkey...
gizmodo.com/these-monkey...
Reposted by Tony Pepperoni
There are temple macaques who have formed a whole token economy around stealing high-value tourist items (like phones and glasses) and bartering them for food.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33423623/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33423623/
Acquisition of object-robbing and object/food-bartering behaviours: a culturally maintained token economy in free-ranging long-tailed macaques - PubMed
The token exchange paradigm shows that monkeys and great apes are able to use objects as symbolic tools to request specific food rewards. Such studies provide insights into the cognitive underpinnings of economic behaviour in non-human primates. However, the ecological validity of these laboratory-b …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are temple macaques who have formed a whole token economy around stealing high-value tourist items (like phones and glasses) and bartering them for food.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33423623/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33423623/
Reposted by Tony Pepperoni
