Sentence examples for monkey trade from inspiring English sources

Be aware that the monkey trade is something of a dirty business.

Re "What the Monkeys Can Teach Humans About Making America Fairer," by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, Sept. 21): Mr. Cohen describes an Emory University study in which a capuchin monkey traded a pebble for a cucumber slice, but when a second monkey in an adjoining cage received a more desirable grape, the first monkey rejected the cucumber.

In other words, monkeys trade, rather than invest.

The latter result shows that vervet monkeys traded grooming for short-term tolerance, where dominants used a direct-reciprocity decision rule.

Monkeys traded off speed and accuracy by changing the amount of evidence that was needed to commit to a choice.

They trained capuchin monkeys to trade pebbles for food.

Two researchers at Emory University, Dr. Sarah F. Brosnan and Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal, report today in the journal Nature that they taught female capuchin monkeys to trade pebbles for pieces of food.

In earlier experiments, both chimpanzees and monkeys that traded tokens for cucumbers responded negatively once they saw that other animals were getting a tastier treat — grapes — for the same price.

Performing monkeys are traded amongst nomadic groups, sometimes across national borders.

Even if a monkey gets the trade right once, in order to be successful, you have to get each trade right twice.

You do not want to trade your monkey for another monkey.