If female capuchin monkeys have more female friends, they tend to live longer. And this finding was not common among heterosexual relationships.
When it comes to getting along in life, it’s no surprise that interacting with friends can be a great boon to feeling good. Now, researchers have discovered that female white-faced capuchin monkeys tend to live longer when they have more “friends.”
Primatologist professor Susan Perry founded the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project in 1990, and biologists have followed the lives of six generations of monkeys ever since. “You know so much about these animals that it’s almost like a soap opera watching them,” Kajokaite says. When it came to relationships with adult males, however, the team “found virtually no evidence that heterosexual relationships are beneficial for female survival.” These interactions, in which females groomed males more frequently, only slightly benefited survival.
Though they may look cute and cuddly, white-faced capuchins can be incredibly territorial and one of their leading causes of mortality is infighting — particularly among males.Exactly how friendly interactions between females result in increased survival isn’t clear as of yet. The bonds could influence social rank, reduce risks of fights with other monkeys or lead to better food access, suggests Kajokaite. All of these things could give individual monkeys a greater chance of survival.
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