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Congo's mystery killer could be a new type of ape
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| October 7, 2004
| By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent
Posted on 10/07/2004 1:15:07 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: Junior
Chimps, when they hunt, keep in contact by calling out to one another. Some get behind the prey and the rest drive the prey onto them. Bingo! Chimps are known to hunt in an organized fashion, but as far as we know, they don't do it very often.
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posted on
10/07/2004 3:41:15 AM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: aculeus
Nothing to see here, folks -- just Democrats Abroad. The DNC already has them registered and they'll probably produce 112% turnout for Kerry.
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posted on
10/07/2004 3:50:01 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: jimtorr
I saw a Discovery show about about some really aggresive chimps in the Congo. They were hunting down and eating some type of monkey. It was really spooky to see these big pissed off chimps with blood all over their face gnawing on the end of a bloody bone, scary, kind of like that James Carville dude.....
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:19:52 AM PDT
by
heckler
(wiskey for my men, beer for my horses, rifles for sister sarah)
To: judywillow
I'm not sure where you find lions in the Congo, but it is a fact that Baboons attack and sometimes kill Leopards. Not for food but to protect their young.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:30:27 AM PDT
by
Tweaker
To: aculeus
To: aculeus
To: judywillow
Individually or in groups. One of the great advantages early man had what that he could hunt very effectively in groups allowing them to take down prey that no individual could defeat.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:50:14 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: aculeus
"There are huge cultural differences among chimpanzees," he said.Welcome to the real world...
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:56:27 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Junior
I would bet two or three Silverbacks could kill a Lion if they were inclined to do so. Lions are bad no doubt, but I would put money on a grizzley as the baddest.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:57:23 AM PDT
by
normy
(The Taliban never attacked us!)
To: judywillow
Maybe they like humans have a gene for the predisposition to kill?
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:59:51 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: aculeus
Cool! I remember seeing a show about a "humanzee", a chimp they thought was a human/chimp hybrid. Turns out he had some strange but thoroughly chimp DNA. Maybe this is his species, in the wild.
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:01:57 AM PDT
by
Varda
To: aculeus
"Fascinating."
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:06:04 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
(Free Republic... Afflicting the Media Since 1998)
To: aculeus
The battle between the splitters and lumpers continues.
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:07:10 AM PDT
by
bert
(Peace is only halftime !)
To: xJones
Know what a two bagger is? A bag for her head, and a bag for yours in case her bag breaks...
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:09:18 AM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: aculeus
"My tracker made a sound of an injured duiker [antelope] and four came rushing through the brush towards me." Boy, I know how that goes. Once I was mauled by a frenzied pack of rabbits after I made a noise like a bruised carrot.
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:11:15 AM PDT
by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
To: R. Scott; All
Actually, it's the intelligence to kill with discretion. It's been "proven" the carnivorous chimps are always male and always the most intelligent in the group.
To have framed that as a syllogism, would have no doubt caused distress amount the FRemales!
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:12:50 AM PDT
by
olde north church
(I would have supported Henry Waxman's mother's right to an abortion.)
To: aculeus
"My tracker made a sound of an injured duiker [antelope] and four came rushing through the brush towards me.
Were these the apes?
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:17:15 AM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: judywillow
"No ape including gorillas should be able to kill an adult lion."
Humans do it all the time, and we aren't even as strong as a chimp. Chimps can even kill humans (and I've heard of them killing leopards). All the apes would need to learn is how to throw a rock. When I was in Africa I heard the story of a 5 year-old boy who was watching the family cattle when a big male lion came along. He chucked his little spear and ran for his life. By the time he got high enough in a tree to feel safe looking back, he saw he had killed the lion. The local chief, contrary to custom, even awarded the boy the lion's skin (which usually was turned over to the chief). You would be surprised what limited intelligence and simple tools can achieve (though a 5 year-old is probably still smarter than a chimp).
To: aculeus
"My tracker made a sound of an injured duiker [antelope] and four came rushing through the brush towards me." In America, we associate this behavior with lawyers.
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:32:44 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
(Free Republic... Afflicting the Media Since 1998)
To: judywillow
It must have been a MOOSE then!
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10/07/2004 5:36:12 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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