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This Human Feature Gives Squirrel Monkeys Their Precise Grip

Name: This Human Feature Gives Squirrel Monkeys Their Precise Grip
Uploaded: 2018-09-11
Duration: 146610
Description: Squirrel monkeys find it easy to leap fearlessly from one distant branch to another, some over 130 feet high. Their secret? Human-like fingerprints that give them a better grasp.

Squirrel monkeys find it easy to leap fearlessly from one distant branch to another, some over 130 feet high. Their secret? Human-like fingerprints that give them a better grasp.

Smithsonian magazine | 2:26