Big Love for Little Monkeys That Help People With Limited Mobility

[elleng]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/jobs/big-love-for-little-monkeys-that-help-people-with-limited-mobility.html?

[TDale313]

1. That is really cool. n/t

[cannabis_flower]

2. They were the type of monkey

that Italian organ grinders used:

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/the-sudden-demise-of-new-yorks-organ-grinders/

[passiveporcupine]

3. Thanks so much for this post

I didn't know they were using monkeys this way. This is incredible. Look at this video of how they train them to do certain tasks, and how complicated some of them can be.

WoW!

[elleng]

4. Great to see their training!

Thanks, passiveporcupine.

[Mosby]

5. just don't ever try to cheat a capuchin

They will know.

[elleng]

6. HAHAHAHA!

No kidding!

[Mosby]

7. that video came from this ted talk

Pretty interesting.