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

Jackfruit is a prized meal, but it can be hard to tell when they're ripe and ready to eat. These lion-tailed macaques in southern India have a crafty way of getting the tastiest morsels - stealing them from Malabar giant squirrels!

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[Music] here in southern India monsoon rains mean that it's jackfruit season these enormous 10 kilogram hulks are the largest tree fruits in the world a feast but until they're ripe they remain completely inedible and macaques unfortunately find it hard to tell which ones are ready to eat luckily help is at hand these giant Malabar squirrels have a keen sense of smell tuned into the hypest fruits the macaques watch the squirrels every move [Music] then try to muscle in [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] when the squirrels hold their brand and the cats have another trick to get their ripe fruit to go they know that the squirrels won't follow them down to the ground this tactic gives the monkeys access to the bank of the bunch [Music]