Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 23:14
in Biology & Nature
Unlike the male-dominated societies of their chimpanzee relatives, bonobo society—in which females enjoy a higher social status than males—has a "make-love-not-war" kind of image. While chimpanzee males frequently band together to hunt and kill monkeys, the more peaceful bonobos were believed to restrict what meat they do eat to forest antelopes, squirrels, and rodents.
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