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Wild Monkeys Climb Vertical Trees Using Amazing Bendy Feet!

Tuesday 1 September 2026 β€’ScienceDaily
Wild Monkeys Climb Vertical Trees Using Amazing Bendy Feet!

Photo: Bernd πŸ“· Dittrich / Unsplash

Scientists just discovered that wild monkeys in West Africa can bend their feet in a super-stretchy way to climb straight up tall trees. This mind-blowing trick is changing everything we thought we knew about how the very first ancestors [early relatives] of humans used to walk and climb millions of years ago. Who knew that watching monkeys climb today could help us rewrite the history of our own feet?
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