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June 25th, 2010 | #1 |
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Chimp Gangs Kill for Land
Chimp Gangs Kill for Land
June 24, 2010 http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/n...x?xmlmenuid=51 Bands of chimpanzees violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first definitive evidence for this long-suspected function of this behavior. Univ. of Michigan primate behavioral ecologist John Mitani's findings are published in the June 22 issue of Current Biology. During a decade of study, the researchers witnessed 18 fatal attacks and found signs of three others perpetrated by members of a large community of about 150 chimps at Ngogo, Kibale National Park. |
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