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1 Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree

For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, traveling and grooming in their tropical rainforest abode. But this stable community then fractured and descended into years of deadly violence.

The researchers are now describing the first clearly documented example ‌of a group of wild chimpanzees splitting into two separate factions, with one launching a series of coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths.

"Biting, pounding the victim with their hands, dragging them, kicking them - mostly adult males, but sometimes adult females participate in the attacks," said University of Texas primatologist Aaron Sandel, lead author of the study published on Thursday in the journal Science.

The researchers began studying the Ngogo chimpanzees in 1995. This was the largest-known group of wild chimpanzees anywhere, peaking at around 200 members. Chimpanzee groups typically number about 50.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-13 08:53|| 2026-04-13 08:53|| Front Page Top

2 /\.....splitting into two separate factions, with one launching a series of coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths.

Animals mimicking human behavior? Nothing new here.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-13 09:36|| 2026-04-13 09:36|| Front Page Top

3 See Gombe Chimpanzee War

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-13 10:02|| 2026-04-13 10:02|| Front Page Top

4 #1 - sounds like Feral Youts

Posted by Frank G 2026-04-13 11:15|| 2026-04-13 11:15|| Front Page Top

5 #1 - sounds like Feral Youts

It has been millions of years since chimps and humans parted ways, but we all still have some monkey brain. Some of us more so than others.

Posted by SteveS 2026-04-13 11:26|| 2026-04-13 11:26|| Front Page Top

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