Still Waters Posted September 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Chimpanzees and humans have one key trait in common - both are natural born killers, scientists have shown. Evidence suggests our closest animal relatives have an almost psychopathic tendency towards violence and slaughter that is not the result of human interference. http://www.telegraph...rn-killers.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted September 17, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 17, 2014 What a shocker....(not). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 18, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Oh, yeah. They hunt monkeys in coordinated hunting parties, eat the meat and even share with the group. They gang up for a stomp down on members trying buck the established hierarchy. They'll rape and abuse females, commit infanticide and just go off the handle and be thoroughly unpleasant. They make war on and kill members of other groups. I have to hand it to Jane Goodall for surviving studying them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted September 18, 2014 #4 Share Posted September 18, 2014 And then you have bonobos, perhaps even more closely related to us, that solve most of their problems with sex. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 18, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 18, 2014 And then you have bonobos, perhaps even more closely related to us, that solve most of their problems with sex. They almost look like early hominids that regressed to a more arboreal lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted September 18, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Chimps are mean, they murder, rape, what animals. I've heard about them fashioning spears and killing monkeys so this is no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 18, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Chimps are mean, they murder, rape, what animals. I've heard about them fashioning spears and killing monkeys so this is no surprise. The spears are fanciful, but they do hunt, kill and eat monkeys, on occasion. They have no need of weapons; their canines or eye teeth are quite formidable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 18, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) My apologies Ashotep, you were right! http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/wild-chronicles/chimp-spear-wcvin Edited September 18, 2014 by John Wesley Boyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted September 18, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I don't think either chimps or humans are "natural born killers," whatever that might mean, and, besides, we are more closely related to bonobos (as point out by Imaginarynumber1 in an earlier post). A natural born killer would be an obligate carnivore who must get most of their nourishment from freshly killed meat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted September 18, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Predators, and humans have a hunting instinct that's been suppressed for thousands of years. So it comes out in bullying and warfare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted September 18, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Predators, and humans have a hunting instinct that's been suppressed for thousands of years. So it comes out in bullying and warfare. I think these things are remnants of dominance and territoriality instincts, not from hunting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insaniac Posted September 19, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Hmm, think I agree with Frank Merton here. Saltwater Crocodiles are natural born killers, with their killing instincts fully programmed into them at birth. Both Human's and Chimp's? Not so much, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted September 20, 2014 #13 Share Posted September 20, 2014 does this mean we get a remake of "Natural BOrn Killers" with chimps replacing Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis? Because I'd get in line for that right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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