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Chimpanzees seen killing and eating gorillas for the first time 'due to climate change'

Both encounters took place as chimpanzees were patrolling on the outer limit of their territory. The first battle lasted 52 minutes, and the second one 79 minutes. On the first occasion, with researchers 30 metres away, a group of 27 chimpanzees launched an attack on five gorillas. Ugandan Wildlife Authority/Twitter The western lowland gorillas tried to defend themselves and injured several chimpanzees. Four adult gorillas – two silverbacks and two females – escaped but an infant gorilla was killed. In the second battle more than two dozen chimpanzees attacked seven gorillas, again killing an infant, which was then eaten. Researchers from Osnabruck University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany published their report in the journal

Chimpanzees have been spotted attacking and killing gorillas in the wild for the first time in Africa

Chimpanzees lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said. Experts observing dozens of chimps at Loango National Park in Gabon had expected them to be relaxed around gorillas. But while the two species were usually playful, the researchers were surprised to witness occasional vicious attacks. READ MORE: Chimpanzees lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time.(Getty) At first, we only noticed screams of chimpanzees and thought we were observing a typical encounter between individuals of neighbouring chimpanzee communities, said Lara M. Southern, the study s lead author, in a press release.

Scientists witness chimpanzees killing gorillas for the first time, gorilla infant eaten

This is the first known occurrence of lethal encounters between the chimpanzees and gorillas. The team consists of scientists from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Since 2005, the Loango Chimpanzee Project (LCP) have been making observations in the Loango National Park in Gabon. Two adult males of the Rekambo community of the Loango Chimpanzee Project in Gabon checking the area. Photo by LCP, Tobias Deschner. Surprisingly aggressive interactions One of the authors of the paper, cognitive biologist Simone Pika, said that the previous recorded interactions between chimpanzees and gorillas have been relatively relaxed”.

Chimpanzees kill gorillas in 'co-ordinated attack' in first ever recorded incident

Chimpanzees kill gorillas in 'co-ordinated attack' in first ever recorded incident
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