One Life Page #5

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Here's a lammergeier,

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a huge bearded vulture,

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scanning the ground for his next meal.

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(squawking)

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(distant squawking)

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A lot of rival scavengers

have beaten him to this carcass.

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(squawking)

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but a lammergeier is happy

to miss out on the meat.

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lt's the bones he's after.

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Why? because inside,

they are full of rich marrowfat.

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The problem:
how to get at it.

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(epic music)

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Here's how.

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(cawing)

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Now the juices in his stomach -

as corrosive as battery acid -

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can get to work dissolving the bone.

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(squawking)

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Every young lammergeier

wants to learn the trick.

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lt's not as easy as it looks.

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And a beginner needs

to be closely watched.

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(angry squawking)

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lf at first you don't succeed...

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try...

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(squawking)

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try...

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try again.

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A unique and inventive way

to get food.

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One that lammergeiers

have made their own.

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(crickets chirring)

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For centuries, these rocks have been

a special place for preparing food

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by a really clever animal.

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ln fact it's so clever

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it's changed the way

we think about animals

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and even about ourselves.

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These caves are home to a monkey:

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the brown tufted capuchin.

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Capuchins love palm nuts.

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The problem is they're incredibly tough

to crack, even harder than bone.

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(birds chirping)

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An old hand knows

that first a nut should be peeled.

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