Posted on 07/22/2021 12:50:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
Scientists observed chimpanzees attacking and killing gorillas in the wild
Two deadly incidents happened in 2019 that left two infant gorillas dead
The first incident lasted for 52 minutes and the second lasted for 72 minutes
The second incident also ended with a female chimp eating the dead gorilla
Experts say the behavior may be due to a competition of food
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Chimpanzees living at Africa's Loango National Park in Gabon are attacking and killing gorillas that also call the region home in what researchers are saying is a first in the scientific community.
A team of scientists from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute suggest two lethal attacks are a result of the animals competing for food that is diminishing because of climate change, researchers note in a press release.
Prior to the deadly incidents, researchers observed nine occasions during 2014 through 2018 where chimpanzees and gorillas interacted peacefully and even co-fed in fruiting trees.
The harmony came to a screeching halt in 2019, when, on two occasions, chimps formed coalitions and attacked a group of gorillas for a combined 124 minutes that ended with two dead infant gorillas.
The second encounter ended with a dead, mutilated infant that was almost entirely consumed by one adult chimpanzee female.
VIDEO AT LINK.........................
Tobias Deschner, a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, said in a statement: 'It could be that sharing of food resources by chimpanzees, gorillas and forest elephants in the Loango National Park results in increased competition and sometimes even in lethal interactions between the two great ape species.
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[[ended with a female chimp eating the dead gorilla Experts say the behavior may be due to a competition of food]]
Bull Crap- Chimps are KNOWN to hunt and eat other monkeys because they like to eat meat- not because they are starving-
Experts say the behavior may be due to a competition of food
A shaky theory derived from 2 observations and reported as ‘fact’. That’s ‘modern science’ for ya.
Who has been teaching CRT to the chimps?????
I heard that the gorillas tried to impose a carbon tax, so the chimps ate them... so yeah, I guess it was because of global warming.
“Experts say the behavior may be due to a competition of food”
“may” be.
I would suggest if humans are the culprits it is more likely loss of habitat than “climate change” that is to blame.
lol=- that’ll teach the gorillas
MARK IT!
They hope GW is to blame.
“Chimps are spotted ganging up on, killing and eating GORILLAS in Africa for first time ever - and scientists fear global warming is to blame”
oh, BS ... it’s because everyone knows Gorilla tastes like chicken ...
oh no! Chicongo really is a place.
Global warming? Gimme a break. I guess they never saw 2001: Space Odyssey. Primates can learn. Some have even literally been seen fishing. They ape (pardon the pun) what they learn from other mammals.
I am pretty sure the IQ of scientists and reporters are dropping due to global warming.
Nothing Gnu............................
Exactly. Chimps are nasty, violent critters. They are meat-eaters whenever possible and will gladly engage in cannibalism of a weaker member of their own species.
Gorilla Lives Matter
Global Warming causes hemorrhoids.....................
The Daily Mail, which knows nothing about Africa Africa, spewing out garbage as usual.
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