Animals Culture
Can Animals Create a Culture? Many animals,
such as a group of monkeys in Japan,
were observed and proved that a
development of animal culture is indeed
possible. Culture, unlike instinctive
behavior, is usually learned or taught.
The unusual behavior that was
specifically observed was a group of monkeys who
developed a strange habit of
washing their food before eating them. When a group
of scientists observed
them, they realized that it all began in 1952. One young
female found
potatoes on the beach and washed it before eating. Then, she
demonstrated
this technique to all her babies and friends. After 10 years, every
monkey in
the troop had picked up this habit also. This an example of a
developed
culture within a group of
monkeys.