Well, that’s reassuring.

I open up the news quickly, just to see if something interesting is up in the world, and what do I see?

Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the hand-crafted tools to hunt small mammals — the first routine production of deadly weapons ever observed in animals other than humans.

Which is pretty damned interesting from an anthropology (and primatology) perspective, although not the most cheering thing to read.

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Published in: on February 22, 2007 at 16:06  Comments (8)  
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  1. On February 23, 2007 at 06:25 gmcnaughton said:

    I challenge the spear-wielding chimps to fight the monkeys with robot arms:

  2. On February 23, 2007 at 06:25 gmcnaughton said:

    I challenge the spear-wielding chimps to fight the monkeys with robot arms:

  3. On February 23, 2007 at 17:58 lightlinn said:

    That poor monkey! He has a cyber-enhanced brain, sure, but he’s in a plastic box! How would you like to be in a plastic box?

  4. On February 23, 2007 at 17:58 lightlinn said:

    That poor monkey! He has a cyber-enhanced brain, sure, but he’s in a plastic box! How would you like to be in a plastic box?

  5. On February 23, 2007 at 17:58 zunger said:

    Gorilla warfare!

  6. On February 23, 2007 at 17:58 zunger said:

    Gorilla warfare!

  7. On February 23, 2007 at 18:29 gmcnaughton said:

    If I have a brain-controlled robot arm, sign me up!

  8. On February 23, 2007 at 18:29 gmcnaughton said:

    If I have a brain-controlled robot arm, sign me up!


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