George Simpson with a bushbaby
Posted on 02/23/2007 12:41:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
a population of savannah chimps (Pan troglodytes verus) living in the Fongoli area of south-east Senegal have been seen making spears from strong sticks that they sharpen with their teeth. The average spear length is 63 centimetres (25 inches)... And the method of procuring food with these tools is not simply extractive, as it is when harvesting insects. It is far more aggressive. They use the spears to hunt one of the cutest primates in Africa: bushbabies (Galago senegalensis). Bushbabies are nocturnal and curl up in hollows in trees during the day... Chimps were observed thrusting their spears into hollow trunks and branches with enough force to injure anything inside the holes, Pruetz's research team says. The chimps used a "power grip" and made multiple downward stabs – much the same way as a human might wield a dagger. Ten different chimps in the population were observed to perform this behaviour in 22 bouts. In one case the researchers saw a chimp remove a dead bushbaby and eat it.
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George Simpson with a bushbaby
Just kidding about chimps sucking. :') But those poor little bushbabies...
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Posted on 02/01/2007 5:30:10 PM EST by blam
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From the title, I really thought this might be about BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome)! LOL!
What's up with the last line of the article. And notice how proud she is of the female chimps.
Interesting article, but the author is a Kook.
My fault, it was the researcher.
Stabbing bush babies? Bah!
When chimps can order pizza, then I'll be impressed.
Umm- animals, which, after all, monkeys are, are not held responsible morally for their actions.
Humans, on the other hand, knowingly choose their behavior, and therefore are presumed to be responsible for that behavior.
This is something that has to be studied??
Several backgrounders..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789640/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789395/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783602/posts
I hold dogs responsible for their behaviour, otherwise they take a dump on the carpet.
This is a much less awful use of tools than chimps previously demonstrated. The other tool use observed in chimps is using sticks to beat female chimps.
It's the food chain; get used to it. Mother nature is a mean momma!
Chimps skewering cute little Bushbabies?What would PETA say?
Time to call PETA!!
Weird. Nothing showed up in the searches I made. Anyway, thanks!
There's something about killing & eating cute critters that makes ya want to think there's something wrong with it. Meanwhile, I'm thinking eating raw primate... the possibilty of picking up a disease makes it a pretty risky behaviour. Is this being done by only one population or is it something more universal?
But you wouldn't put them in jail for killing a squirrel.
True, but I don't want to put people in jail as some kind of moral lesson either. I want to put them in jail to keep them away from me because they are dangerous.
Simon says: "Good I hate bushbabies."
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