Amazing Earth: Meet the smart brazilian capuchins in Boa Vista!

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00:00In the middle of the jungle, everything can be used for survival.

00:03Even if you don't have a knife, this animal has a plan.

00:07It uses rocks to open its food.

00:10Stay tuned for the story of Amazing Number 3.

00:13Stay tuned.

00:15This is the Scrub Forest in Boa Visita, Brazil.

00:20The sun shines in the quiet wilderness.

00:24Until...

00:27The Capuchin monkeys roll the rocks from the top of the mountain.

00:34These monkeys are not fond of chaos.

00:39They are the so-called Einstein Capuchins.

00:42They are said to be the smartest of their kind.

00:45And breaking the rocks is just part of their plan.

00:50Nature provides them with delicious but hard-to-eat canned nuts.

00:58These nuts are wrapped in very hard wood.

01:03But the smart capuchins have a plan to open it.

01:09First, they will remove the skin before dropping it to the ground to dry.

01:17Then, they will wait a few days for the skin to dry.

01:24Can they do it?

01:25Looks like they can't.

01:28Oh, here it is.

01:30The next step is the hardest.

01:34To open the fruit, they will smash it with big rocks.

01:41Some of the rocks they dropped earlier were heavier than a bowling ball.

01:48It's like the discarding of South American Capuchins went back to the Stone Age.

01:54But it's not that simple.

01:56To open it, they need to hit it right.

02:03They can open five of those.

02:07Success!

02:11In the crystal clear waters of Rio Formoso in Brazil,

02:16life is easier for some capuchins there.

02:19Because they can get fruits from the surrounding area.

02:23The capuchins named their capuchins because they look like capuchin monks.

02:29And the capuchins who are fond of fruits are blessed from above.

02:36Because every time they fly above the trees,

02:39there are fruits falling from the ground of the forest.

02:47In the water, there is a special group of fish waiting under the branches of the trees.

02:57The piracotangas.

03:01They are all different.

03:04And the falling fruits are not enough for the fish.

03:09After eating, the capuchins will rest on the branches.

03:17That's why the hungry piracotangas are discarding so they can eat.

03:23It's like there is a trampoline under the water and they will jump from above.

03:31Their target are the fruits lying on the branches.

03:37It's good that their eyes are sharp.

03:41And they can jump up to one meter above the water.

03:46Because of their celebration, the capuchins will wake up.

03:50The news spread quickly that their food is being stolen by fish.

04:00In the end, they also caught some fish.

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