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Originally Posted by crockett
(Post 12275342)
They have long been observed using twigs to get bugs out of trees. Using a bigger stick for a bigger animal is just natural progression. I just wonder if they learned it on their own or from watching humans. Either way it shows they are fairly smart and are good at problem solveing.
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They aren't just using bigger sticks, they are sharpening them into weapons.
"Using their hands and teeth, the chimpanzees were repeatedly seen tearing the side branches off long, straight sticks, peeling back the bark and sharpening one end. Then, grasping the weapons in a "power grip," they jabbed them into tree-branch hollows where bush babies -- small, monkeylike mammals -- sleep during the day."...
... "Scientists have documented tool use among chimpanzees for decades, but the tools have been simple and used to extract food rather than to kill it." |
