Macaques SLAP Squirrels And Steal Their Food | Primates | BBC Earth

Summary by Krater

In Southern India, lion-tailed macaques struggle to identify ripe jackfruit and solve this by following giant Malabar squirrels to the ripest fruits, occasionally knocking fruit down to steal it.

From the video

Answers: How do lion-tailed macaques find ripe jackfruit?

• lion-tailed macaques
• giant Malabar squirrels
• jackfruit foraging
• monkey foraging tactics
• animal behavior in Southern India

What it concludes

• Lion-tailed macaques use giant Malabar squirrels' sense of smell to locate ripe jackfruit.
• Macaques knock down jackfruit from the trees to access the fruit when squirrels hold their ground.