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.
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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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Headline:
Scientists, funded by a grant to find evidence of global warming on chimpanzees, see chimpanzees attack a gorilla.
Attribute attack to global warning.
Bonus, they receive 1 year of more grants to find evidence of global warming on chimpanzee population.
Stay tuned!
“Chimps are spotted ganging up on, killing and eating GORILLAS in Africa for first time ever...”
Doubt that. It’s been going on for as long as animals are hungry and easy prey is available.
Yep. So do others. Capuchins eat shellfish...
A sure sign that Covid is over??? Scientist are back to blaming ‘Global Warming’, instead of Covid for just about everything.
Bananas are cheap
The stupid stories and fake studies ARE a pain in the ass.
So I agree.
Eat or be eaten just like the law in the streets of Noo Yawk.
Well, at least this guy qualified his statement with "may". Of course, people that get all their science from news reports like this will shortly go around talking about it like its an established fact.
On a somewhat related note, I heard someone recently put forth the observation that it is warfare that has made humans as intelligent as they are. Even though we are naturally problem solvers, warfare makes it necessary to exercise a higher degree of planning, logistics, and strategy (not to mention adapting or creating specialized tools) that in less stressful times would not be even considered. Maybe, eventually, in some future dystopia, we'll be facing off against Cheetah and Bonzo across some savage battlefield.
Interspecies? Color me skeptical. I know chimps are brutal with competing chimp populations.
Is Chicago affected in any way?
A friend wants to know.
They kill because they’re chimps. If there’s “global warming” animals who don’t like it just migrate to a cooler area.
And nosebleed.
That’s so weird. Because in Planet of the Apes, the Chimps were kinda intellectual, and the Gorillas were the azzholes.
WHo knew.?
Historically speaking it was global cooling that did. In the recent cooling period known as the Little Ice Age, Africa had huge problems with rain shortage. This made their crop yields go down (like the Little Ice Age impacted Europe). And when the sub-Saharan Africa kingdoms started having crop shortages they quit exporting crops. They started exporting what they had too many of: people.
Anyone who says they hate the "legacy of slavery" must also hate hate global cooling and embrace life during the Current Warming Trend.
Part of the new Jungle Cruise in WDW.
Chimps have been known to attack and chew on their owners, for crying out loud.
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