<.< >.> And that completes my final report until we reach touchdown. We're now on full automatic, in the hands of the computers. I have tucked my crew in for the long sleep and I'll be joining them soon.
Before everybody goes too far "2001," the idea that this is some quantum leap from chimpanzees using branches as probes is kind of ridiculous.
Far more fascinating than spear use (to me, anyhow, and I imagine there are some primatologists that would agree) is chimpanzees' hunting methods. They execute planned attacks on smaller animals (usually arboreal primates) that exhibit a level of forethought usually absent from even the greater apes. Their methods also exhibit a tremendous degree of trust from a group, since typically only a small percentage of the hunting group actually makes the kill, and the vast majority serve as distraction or to block all escape routes for the prey.
It is also widely believed that chimpanzees are responsible for the (possible/probable) extinction of the colobus monkey, which would make the colobus the only species known to have been specifically driven to extinction by a species other than Homo Sapiens.
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And that completes my final report until we reach touchdown. We're now on full automatic, in the hands of the computers. I have tucked my crew in for the long sleep and I'll be joining them soon.
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Date: 2007-02-23 04:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-23 09:18 pm (UTC)Far more fascinating than spear use (to me, anyhow, and I imagine there are some primatologists that would agree) is chimpanzees' hunting methods. They execute planned attacks on smaller animals (usually arboreal primates) that exhibit a level of forethought usually absent from even the greater apes. Their methods also exhibit a tremendous degree of trust from a group, since typically only a small percentage of the hunting group actually makes the kill, and the vast majority serve as distraction or to block all escape routes for the prey.
It is also widely believed that chimpanzees are responsible for the (possible/probable) extinction of the colobus monkey, which would make the colobus the only species known to have been specifically driven to extinction by a species other than Homo Sapiens.