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In December 2019, more than two dozen chimps went after five gorillas.Chimpanzees have been seen killing gorillas in unprovoked attacks for the first time, scientists said.
The lethal encounters between the two species occurred as they were being observed at Loango National Park in Gabon, according to a study Monday in the journal
In the first attack in December 2019, more than two dozen chimps went after five gorillas. At first, we only noticed screams of chimpanzees and thought we were observing a typical encounter between individuals of neighboring chimpanzee communities, said Lara M. Southern, the study s lead author, in a statement.
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on July 23 2021 6:56 AM Chimps know when they are right, and can adjust their behavior based on their thinking, researchers claim.
Chimpanzees in the wild have been carrying out lethal attacks against gorillas for the first time, according to scientists.
The attacks between the two species were observed at the Loango National Park in Gabon. On Monday, researchers from the Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany published the study in the journal Nature.
The team initially assumed the chimpanzees would be relaxed and playful around the gorillas.