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Brown-tufted capuchins, highly intelligent monkeys.
褐卷尾猴的智商很高
They spend their nights in the safety of caves,
它們晚上在安全的洞穴里過夜
emerging each morning to find food.
早上出來覓食
Down in the valley is a particular favourite.
谷底長著它們的最愛
A nut palm.
澳洲蘇鐵
The palms produce huge seeds,
這種植物的種子很大
but they have very strong shells
但種子有一層厚厚的硬殼
that protect them against attack from hungry animals.
以阻擋饑腸轆轆的動物
For the capuchins this is a war of attrition.
對卷尾猴來說 這是一場消耗戰
They check which seed is the ripest,
等它們確定哪顆種子最熟
and the battle commences.
戰爭就開始了
The first job is to tear the tough fibrous husk from the nut.
首先是要撕掉 堅果堅硬多纖的外殼
He doesn't try to crack the nut straight away,
這只猴子并不急著敲碎堅果
but drops it to the ground.
而是把它丟在地上
He's learnt that a nut should be given a week or so drying in the sun.
它知道堅果得先在陽光下 曝曬一個禮拜左右
These are ones he prepared earlier.
這些是它之前曬的堅果
He taps them to see if they're ready.
它輕敲堅果 以判定它們是不是曬夠了
