Biology Only Monkeys With Opposable Thumbs Fell for This Classic Magic Trick Scientists tried out the ‘French drop’ trick in front of different monkey species, with fascinating results.

Can you fool a monkey with a magic trick? Only if it has opposable thumbs Sharing biomechanical ability may be key to anticipating movements of the same limbs in others.

An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason it does humans – it misdirects expected outcomes of actions they can carry out. However ...

Only Monkeys With Opposable Thumbs Are Fooled By This Famous Magic Trick Monkey magic reveals how our hands shape the way we think.

(via MinuteEarth) There’s an island in the Caribbean where David used to perform magic tricks for monkeys. And it was super cool because it suggested that they have the ability to count! (but only up ...

By performing tricks for birds, monkeys and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think about their world ...

The stars of Monkey Magic are returning to Five this Sunday to present a new series celebrating the world's best magicians and their greatest tricks, stunts and escapes.