Friday, 23. February 2007
Topic: NATURE - on February 23, 2007 at 12:32:00 PM CET
Chimpanzees sharpen spikes for bush baby killings
Chimpanzees in West Africa have been observed using sharpened branches as "spears" to hunt other primates.
A report in the journal Current Biology documents 22 instances of chimps in Senegal creating tools to stab their bush baby prey. Bush babies are tiny and much more primitive primates related to the lemurs found in Madagascar.
theregister.co.uk bbc.co.ukwashingtonpost.com Video: Chimps Make and Use "Spears" to Hunt
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