Whishaw et al 2026 Video S2 Fruit Picking and Sucking

A spider monkey called Kenya takes the fruit Doliocarpus dentatus by mouth. The first mouth grasp involves picking the fruit, chewing, and spitting out the shell. The second and third mouth grasps involve taking the fruit in the mouth and chewing/sucking out the pulp while leaving the exocarp attached to the branch. (Slow-motion, 10% of 30 f/sec speed).