Chimpanzee Civil War

[gwand]

Our close cousins are almost as dangerous as us. Can’t we just get along!

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-chimpanzee-empire-falls-rare-instance.html

 

[GaryE]

Hey, I thought we were supposed to keep the political news off this forum... what? Oh. It's chimps? Oh. Sorry. I thought it was us again.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

Those chimps drinking again?

Cocktail Anyone?

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-wild-chimpanzees-ingest-equivalent-alcoholic.html

www.fishforums.net

 

[anewbie]

Well... no fury like an ex-friend - they could do well to learn from these guys:

Bonobos Use Sex to Cool Tempers

Inclined toward gender equality, this close relative of humans substitutes sex for aggression

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[gwand]

Make love, not war

 

[malfunction]

Our close cousins are almost as dangerous as us. Can’t we just get along!

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-chimpanzee-empire-falls-rare-instance.html

Chimps are I credibly violent, arguably much more so than humans. There are some really fascinating documentaries on the Ngogo chimps - they challenged our understanding of chimps being sweet and innocent fuzzballs chillin in the jungle

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

Chimps are also cannibals. Usually frowned upon in humans.

 

[gwand]

Let’s hope they don’t try to build nuclear weapons.

 

[anewbie]

Chimps are I credibly violent, arguably much more so than humans. There are some really fascinating documentaries on the Ngogo chimps - they challenged our understanding of chimps being sweet and innocent fuzzballs chillin in the jungle

And they are very very strong. You definitely do not want to arm wrestle with one.