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Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? (phys.org)

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Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled scars, with an accumulation of rocks surrounding its base.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Have you ever followed what Muslims do on the Hadj? They throw stones at three pillars representing Satan. Maybe the monkeys have invented religion?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Wow, I just posted that, and now I'm going to have to go back and delete my post.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pillars? I thought they throw stones to a giant black cube

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

It's pillars. The cube is what they pray towards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning_of_the_Devil

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope. That cube is the thing they walk around seven times, but on another day.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And inside the cube is an altar made from an iron-nickel meteorite.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It's not inside, it is inset into a corner on the outside.