![]() She managed to flee via the canopy,' reads the study. 'At 12:50, the gorilla female (AF1) was seen, without her infant (I1), climbing up a nearby tree, observed by several chimpanzees (Freddy, Gump, Louis, Mimi, Moana, and Thea). However, the sight of four gorillas and two infants did not deter the aggressive chimps, which began scaling the tree to attack.Īll of the gorillas were able to escape except for one female and her infant, which began to move throughout the tree with the hopes of eluding their opponents. When the gorilla spotted the chimps below she began beating her chest and barking, and in less than a minute, a group of other gorillas rushed to her aid in the tree.Ī team of scientists from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute suggest two lethal attackers are a result of the animals competing for food that is diminishing because of climate change Two minutes later, the chimpanzees spotted a rustling tree in which a female gorilla was resting. The event began at 12:26pm, when a chimpanzee named Freddy stopped in his tracks and sounded loud alarm barks. 'Given the direction and the surreptitious behavior of the individuals present, including frequent sniffing of the ground and vegetation, a territorial patrol seemed imminent,' the researches wrote in the study. The second lethal attack, which lasted for 72 minutes, was observed on Decemby observation teams following a group of 27 chimpanzees moving throughout the region. ![]() The infant was then passed between two other chimpanzees, but stopped screaming at 5:53pm and the scientists noticed its little body laid there lifeless. At this point the gorilla infant was still alive since short squeaks and whimpering sounds could be heard.Īt 5:27pm, and directly following a distress vocalization of the infant gorilla, a whimper of a different gorilla was heard close by,' reads the study. 'Littlegrey sniffed the infant, placed it on the ground in front of him and hit the infant three times with his right hand. The first lethal encounter (pictured), which lasted for 52 minutes, was observed on Februand ' occurred after a territorial patrol during which the males made a deep incursion into a neighboring chimpanzee territory ![]()
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