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A second chimpanzee was also loose. The two young chimpanzees involved in the attack were named Buddy and Ollie. [4] Two female chimpanzees named Susie and Bones also escaped from their cages during the attack; they were not involved in the assault on St. James and LaDonna and were recaptured five hours later.
Travis (October 21, 1995 – February 16, 2009) was a male chimpanzee who was raised by and lived with Sandra Herold in Stamford, Connecticut.On February 16, 2009, he attacked and mauled Herold's friend, Charla Nash, blinding her, severing several body parts, and lacerating her face, before he was shot and killed by responding Officer Frank Chiafari.
For chimps, violence is a means to an end. Fortunately, most encounters are not lethal. However, captive chimps exhibit more aggressive behavior than chimps in the wild.
After speculating about what enabled humans' ancestors to leave the rainforest (the use of roots as sources of water and food), Demonic Males next provides a catalog of the types of violence practiced by male chimpanzees (intragroup hierarchical violence, violence against females, and extragroup murdering raids). The high incidence of rape by ...
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Afterwards, the victorious chimpanzees celebrated boisterously, throwing and dragging branches with hoots and screams, and retreated. [1] Once the Kasakela group had left, Godi stood up again, but probably died of his injuries soon after. [1] This was the first time chimpanzees had been seen to deliberately attempt to kill a fellow male ...
Researchers filmed an adult female chimp using a tool to clean the teeth of another deceased chimp. They suggest the act was a mortuary ritual. Remarkable video captures chimps cleaning deceased ...