Monkey Maincourse

In this clip, four males emerge from the swamp.. Orion, Bonobo, Primus and last Fanana. Unseen by the camera, Bonobo stealthily grabs a juvenile vervet monkey who has strayed from its troop. Orion joins him in the tree and begs for meat whilst Primus and Fanana decide against lowering themselves to the humiliation of begging from the beta male. Alofu the current alpha has no such reservations about coming to take his dues from the feasting Bonobo.. Orion takes his leave. Set to "Big Balls" by ACDC. Due to their promiscuity, chimp testicles are very large in comparison to other apes since they require a competitive sperm count.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• chimpanzee
• chimp
• monkey
• male
• dominance
• tanzania
• africa

[arcon2]

hmmm, you have quite the extensive chimpanzee collection here on youtube, so i only see fit to ask you if it would be possible for you to find a video that demonstrates the enormous physical strength of these animals. this topic has been in discussion and speculation for many years. but it's been almost impossible to find a demonstration of their superhuman strength, whether in the wild or captivity. lifting a large rock, or snapping a thick branch in half with ease while making a nest.

[jimmychimp]

Hi.. thanks for your comment... and yes - I have around 60 hours of footage of these wonderful creatures.. Off the top of my head, I do have footage of an ex-alpha Fanana snapping a branch with ease to make a day nest - Let me try and pull one out for you... might not be for a few weeks as I am on another assignment and all my footage is on hard drives elsewhere...

[jimmychimp]

As I understand it, chimps in captivity have been given tests of strength pulling a spring loaded contraption.. and the results have shown that an average adult male chimp can pull five times the weight of an average male human, though I have no evidence of this personally. But you only have to look at the muscular structure and density of the shoulders of a wild chimp. From birth they are hanging onto their mothers bellies and at 4 months can support their own weight by one arm!!!

[warriorprince1010]

"random unsubstantiated comments " Now you will have to prove that my statement is unsubstanciated [correct spelling]. Birds can fashion tools and bonobos cannot. Dogs can remeber paterns and shapes, and follow commands. Many animals can follow commands, bonobos are not unique in this. The above statements are correct.

[jimmychimp]

Don't know which dictionary you are reading - but the Oxford English dictionary seems to agree with me...

Anyway - since when did anyone reading a theory or hypothesis have to prove that a statement was unsubstantiated...  surely it is your duty to substantiate a comment.

[jimmychimp]

Bonobos CAN fashion tools as can chimpanzees (which is after all the subject of my films) as well learn to operate computers and if you are using that loosest evidence of tool-making as a demonstration of intelligence.. then you are playing out of your hand.

Are you saying dogs are not also intelligent?? Of course they are.. No-one ever said that Bonobos are unique in their ability to remember stuff.

You still haven't made a point as far as I am aware.. But please, keep trying.

[Ihateverminmonkeys]

Great video! People, especially the monkey lovers (I know chimps are not monkeys, I am talking about the vervets, macaques and baboons) deny that they eat meat all the time. anywhere from 10 to 30% of a monkeys diet is meat, if they can get it, Chimps prefer the infant monkeys simply they are more tender and easier to catch.

[AbsolutelyCrackers]

lol this video is weird

[crisology]

New study 2 weeks ago- Chimps climbing down, using tools for tough roots that would require strong teeth. These roots are still eaten by human tribes. Chimps chose the roots instead of abundance of food in trees= more evidence ancestors may have left trees to forage before hunting & molars evolved sharper after fire because they were needed for such roots, not uncooked meat.

[crisology]

Meat consumption has been an important part of humans surviving in large #s as competition, weather extremes, population & exploitation paved the way for niche differentiation & speciation. You might even say incipient species- h. habilis diverged late from frugivorous diet based on competition for food sources in general but I don't see the extent to which humans have evolved to digest meat specifically as well as veg, fruit, grains, roots, or any food really (except maybe sharper molars).

[CowsAndCrows]

wasnt there a situation where a bonobo was taught to communicate with symbols, he held up a symbol at one point which meant 'may i have some grapes' and others too, they taught 8 in total and they learned rather fast. I also see monkeys being used for handicaped people, ie they open bottles and play VCRs, was about 3 years ago though.

[arcon2]

Thank you very much!!! I'll be looking forward to that video!!!!