Giant chimps of the magic forest

Deep in the Congolese jungle is a band of apes that, according to local legend, kill lions, catch fish and even howl at the moon. Local hunters speak of massive creatures that seem to be some sort of hybrid between a chimp and a gorilla.

Their location at the centre of one of the bloodiest conflicts on the planet, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has meant that the mystery apes have been little studied by western scientists.

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BIGFOOT!!!! Sounds like it.

I thought it was a great article.....thanks Saruman

thats a great article. i hope we find out more about them but also leave them to thier own way of life.

I read this this morning on another site. I'd like to see the research done in years to come. Vidoe af a gang of hooligan chimps killing a African cat wuld be awsome to watch.

Without the normal fear of humans.....yet !

They will learn !

Without the normal fear of humans.....yet !

They will learn !

Darn tootin'!

Hm i thought i read this before in the forum

Maybe here: Jungle Find: The super-size chimps that eat cat flesh

Only hours before Saruman's post, mind you!

Great article, goes to show, there is still so much we do not know.

I've seen video of chimps hunting monkeys. They use teamwork and strategy to overcome the monkeys' greater agility and speed. It's impressive.

I could definitely see a group of these new-found chimps hunting and killing a leopard. Leopards tire quickly and their usual strategy to be safe - climb a tree - would be useless against a hunting party of chimps. Tracking a fleeing leopard until it's exhausted and climbs a tree in panic would put it right where the chimps want it. They could swarm up the tree and either pull the leopard off the tree to fall to its death (moving very fast to stay away from the claws) or else take turns swinging in and pounding it with their fists until it can't fight back any more.

chimps are smart and vicious. giant chimp ?? i hope they'll never learn to make spears like chimp !

i doubt they can take out lions, maybe leopards though

Another step towards The planet of the apes... well Chimps.