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So many people have expressed their surprise at hearing that I constantly saw monkeys breaking open oysters with a stone on the islands off South Burmah, that it may be of interest to give a short description of their method of using such a tool.
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CARPENTER, A. Monkeys opening Oysters. Nature 36, 53 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036053d0
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