Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the

Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the


Monkey Business – Jean-Baptiste “JB” Leca

March 23, 2021

Do monkeys know how much fruit your sunglasses are worth? In episode 96 of Parsing Science, we talk with Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca about his field research observing interactions among macaques at a Hindu temple in Bali. There, the monkeys have learned to rob tourists of everything from smartphones to flip flops, and then barter their return to temple staff in exchange for food.