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Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say researchers (www.bbc.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That for all our so-called advances, in the end we're still a lot more like the other apes and other monkeys (for we are both), than we commonly like to perceive.

And Goodall of course already observed this stuff many decades ago (regarding chimps).

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Goodall observed it and commented in it, but this group specifically studied the behavior.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, I thought it was more of a breaking-news thing based on recent, ongoing observations? (if not, then that's what I get for not reading the damn article)

I remember not so long ago, the fact being presented that only rats and humans killed for unnecessary reasons. For example, outside of the broad, known idea that species could kill as part of a territorial / protection / etc thing. But based on what Goodall observed, some chimps seemed to have no particular reason to kill some others of their species. It was more of a 'I just don't like you' kind of thing, IIRC.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t know where you saw that fact being presented, but surplus killing has long been documented in many species, including those who don’t make caches for winter.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

Good point!

So as I mentioned, there's a pretty clear point upon such..?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Recent, ongoing observations of the past 12 years...

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago

So... not so "recent," and data that's already been out there for a while? Implying that this latest thing likely isn't the first nibble..?