Bonobo females hunt and eat monkeys, researchers find
Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 00:07
in Biology & Nature
The discovery among bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo runs contrary to the belief that hunting among primates stems from male dominance and aggression. Contrary to the long-standing image of female bonobos as the peaceful matriarchs of their species, scientists have observed the creatures capturing, killing and eating young monkeys in the lowland evergreen forests of Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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