"Chimpanzees living on the West African savanna have been observed
fashioning spears from sticks and using them to hunt small mammals — the
first routine production of deadly weapons observed in animals other than
humans.
...grasping the weapon in a "power grip," they jabbed into
tree-branch hollows where bush babies — small monkey-like mammals — sleep
during the day....
Pruetz thought it was a fluke, but then saw similar weapon- making herself
"over the course of 19 days almost daily," she said.
It was typically females who displayed the behavior." (read full story).
posted by makc on Friday 23rd February 2007, 09:18:52
The rest of the story:
Pruetz and Bertolani were watching the Fongoli community of
savanna-dwelling chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal.
Chimps are known to use tools to crack open nuts and fish for termites.
Some birds use tools, as do other animals such as gorillas, orangutans and
even naked mole rats.
The chimps' hunting method usually failed, the researchers said. The
studied apes mostly eat fruit, bark and legumes.
this is nothing new... ape's living the ghetto's all over the
states have been using guns, knifes and machete's for years now in
fierce gang battles.. keep up with the times here will ya!
We are doomed
