2024
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-024-01133-9
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Toxic tasting: how capuchin monkeys avoid grasshoppers’ chemical defenses

Henrique P. Rufo,
Luiza G. Ferreira,
Eduardo B. Ottoni
et al.

Abstract: Platyrrhines consume many species of arthropods in the order Orthoptera. Some species of orthopterans can produce chemical defenses that render them toxic or unpalatable and thus act as predator deterrents. These species include the stick grasshoppers (family Proscopiidae), which are widely distributed in the Caatinga biome in northeastern Brazil, which comprises part of the distribution of capuchin monkeys. Capuchin monkeys are omnivores and consume a wide variety of foods, including unpleasant-tasting, poten… Show more

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