Several monkeys New World Monkeys, the Capuchins in particular, have been found to be very intelligent. Their behavior is comparable to human behavior. With this discovery, we could even incorporate monkeys into our communities. Imagine that? However, not yet sure how they will really behave, they could either be a great help or just cause trouble. But I personally think monkeys would make great employees. Here is why:
It wouldn't be very expensive to hire a monkey to work for you at home. All it would need are bananas. And how much does that cost? He might just be able to consume 6 bananas a day; one banana per meal and three others for the AM and PM snacks, midnight included. The $2 won't hurt your pocket. The monkey would be obedient and think of the benefits! Otherwise you could eat the bananas yourself, after all, they are good for the heart!
The monkey can prepare your instant lunch for you. He'll just retrieve your favorite beefsteak in the fridge and reheat in the microwave! When you're furious about your lazy son not helping you at home and you're ranting and raving, the monkey won't talk back!
Occasionally, you can perform some monkey business. Invite your neighbors to watch your monkey use tools and perform tricks and make a lucrative profit when you can't pay your bills. That isn't illegal, it's monkey business!
When your four-year-old son wants to play but you're too busy, ask your monkey to play with him instead. Your monkey will definitely enjoy that day!
If you need to cut your budget, don't worry, just cut his daily supply of food! Your monkey will just raid your neighbor's field, dine in the neighbor's garbage can for breakfast, or perhaps will be seen digging holes and flushing out the insects in your garden for lunch.
The monkey could keep things around the house in order, or sometimes actually cause the clutter. But you can always ask him to tidy up the mess.
Termites will no longer be a problem. Your monkey can eat them and even take care of your daughter's lice problem.
Big crabs and shellfish for dinner? They are delicious and your monkey can even crack them open for you.
Lawn maintenance won't be a problem. Just sit back and relax. Watch them dig, scoop soil and water your yard, while their prehensile tails do the weeding. Now that's what you call multitasking!
Your youngest daughter will surely make your monkey her new favorite companion.
Monkeys only eat fruit and vegetables so they will influence your family towards a healthier diet!
Your monkey won't give you many headaches, so don't worry. Even if he's out somewhere and then comes home very late, he won't have to wake you up to open the door! He can just sleep wedged between some tree branches outside.
You can teach your monkey more tasks too so he can become a great home worker. It is an awesome thing that they can readily learn just by watching others do stuff. Maybe in time they could fully function as independent workers, no need of instruction, just compliments, positive feedback and some good old reinforcement!
FACT: Some Capuchins are studying in the monkey college of Helping Hands, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Here they are trained when old enough and by category fall under exotic pets. You can have one of these so long as your area allows these monkeys to be in your care. When properly trained, they can become home assistants! They can function as service animals and assist those with mobility problems such as quadriplegics, just like trained mobility assistance dogs.
They undergo extensive and strenuous training before they assume their special tasks in service. When they are still babies, they are taken care of as such. But when they grow older they are trained by expert trainers and are amazingly taught in microwaving food, washing someone's face, or even opening soda bottles! Their abilities have made them popular performers too.
It was Antonio de A. Moura from Cambridge, England, a biological anthropologist, along with Phyllis Lee, who first observed the behavior of these wild monkeys at the Serra de Capivara National Park in the northeastern region of Brazil. In the months of October and March of 2000-2002 it was found that the capuchins used equipment to crack open fruit, nuts and seeds.
The biologists de A. Moura and Lee who documented some of the capuchins' activities, were enthralled at how these monkeys were observed to be using tiny stones for such purposes. They speculated that no other primate had been discovered to be using tools in this manner. It was described by these researchers how the monkeys held a stone in one hand, while the other hand scooped soil to unearth their meal beneath the ground! Isn't that amazing? They have seen two different groups of the capuchins using food-gathering tools in this way in different areas a few kilometers apart.