Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1903 — Monkey and Parrot In Brasil. [ARTICLE]

Monkey and Parrot In Brasil.

In Brazil monkeys and parrots have Interests In common. They not only roost in the same trees, but work for mutual benefit. The monkeys cannot easily pick the big Brazil nut husks from the trees, so the parrots gnaw them loose, allowing them to drop, the fall to the ground splitting them. Then the monkeys tear the cracked busks asunder, gather the nuts and divide them with the parrots. Sometimes, when the husks fall to split, the monkeys carry them np to the highest limbs of the tree and let them drop again. Monkey and parrot enjoy their harvest side by side.