Infant Killing and Cannibalism in Free-Living Chimpanzees
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Male chimpanzees at the Gombe National Park were twice seen to attack ‘stranger’ females and seize their infants. One infant was then killed and partially eaten: the other was ‘rescued’ and carried by three different males. Once several males were found eating a freshly killed ‘stranger’ infant. A similar event was observed in Uganda by Dr. Suzuki, and Dr. Nishida reports an incident from the Mahali Mountains, Tanzania. A different kind of killing occurred at Gombe when a female and her daughter killed and ate three infants of other females of the same community during a 2-year period. There is evidence suggesting that other infants may have died in this way. The paper draws attention to puzzling aspects of infant killing and cannibalism in chimpanzees.
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Infant Killing and Cannibalism in Free-Living Chimpanzees
In: Folia PrimatologicaSearch for other papers by Jane Goodall in
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Google Scholar
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Male chimpanzees at the Gombe National Park were twice seen to attack ‘stranger’ females and seize their infants. One infant was then killed and partially eaten: the other was ‘rescued’ and carried by three different males. Once several males were found eating a freshly killed ‘stranger’ infant. A similar event was observed in Uganda by Dr. Suzuki, and Dr. Nishida reports an incident from the Mahali Mountains, Tanzania. A different kind of killing occurred at Gombe when a female and her daughter killed and ate three infants of other females of the same community during a 2-year period. There is evidence suggesting that other infants may have died in this way. The paper draws attention to puzzling aspects of infant killing and cannibalism in chimpanzees.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 2211 | 684 | 29 |
| Full Text Views | 43 | 10 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 60 | 24 | 3 |