Bonobos Hunt Other Primates

Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other primates, including monkeys. But bonobos, another primate closely related to humans and chimps, were thought to be confine their hunting to forest antelopes, squirrels and rodents.

Not so, a new study finds.

In the Oct. 14 issue of the journal Current Biology, researchers report the first direct evidence of wild bonobos hunting and eating the young of other primate species. The finding is part of a five-year study of the creatures in LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Tagged as: Antelopes, Biology, Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Current Biology, Democratic Republic of Congo, Humans, Hunting, LuiKotale, Monkeys, Primates, Rodents, Salonga National Park, Species, Squirrels

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