For First Time, Chimps Seen Making Weapons for Hunting

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five40

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That's pretty sweet, however, how do we know that humans didn't teach them? It says they spent years gaining their trust. I guarantee that in a couple years they could also teach a chimp to make a spear out of a stick. I wouldn't put it past a struggling, desperate scientist to "make" some news for funding.
 

Lurknomore

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Quintox
I know this is dumb of me, but I never realized chimps killed animals and ate them.

Ummm, we're meat eaters. Why do you think your teeth are shaped like they are?

Then why do gorillas have long canines?:confused:
Perhaps an evolutionary leftover for threat display only?