Chimps kill each other for territory, study finds

World Science ^ | June 21, 2010 | staff

[Richard Kimball]

...wolves, dogs, lions, even moose, elk and deer will pack up and kill a foe, even ants.

I've never seen a moose deliberately kill an ant.

[Texas resident]

Gee, some bonehead just figured out that animals are territorial. Put two animals together in the same territory and see what happens. When we were kids, we used to put a bunch of ants from one pile onto another pile and watch the fight. Idiots. And we probably paid for the study. Kind of like a govt study to figure out why kids fall off of their tricycles. They lose their balance. Duh.

[sanjoaquinvalley]

With feet that big how could they not? :-)

[UCANSEE2]

I just like to call them that. It pisses them off.

[UCANSEE2]

I've never seen a moose deliberately kill an ant.

Ever been on a picnic with moose?

[Zack Nguyen]

I've never seen a moose deliberately kill an ant.

A moose once bit my sister.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wolfcreek]

And they eat one another.

[colorado tanker]

This explains leftwing politics.

Or why Kenny has to die.

[SunkenCiv]

They also kill and eat bushbabies, y’know, because chimps kinda suck.

[GregoTX]

Animals killing their own kind for territory, food, or mates is very common in the animal kingdom. Very interesting article.

[wolfcreek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-6L_hT3QtQ