It doesn’t surprise me that we’re learning animals are smarter than we thought. Some animals have amazing intuition. Chimps making weapons? You bet.

Chimps have often been seen to use sticks to retrieve insects such as termites for food. This time, a chimp carefully sharpened a stick to make a spear. It then thrust the spear into a hole in a tree to skewer a bush baby – a small primate that chimps regularly eat. The researchers saw 22 instances of such spear hunting. Scientists know that chimps make tools, including stone tools. Now they are seen to be making weapons

Chimps need to eat too and hunting with your bare hands is more difficult. Speaking of weapons don’t forget what day it is today. A widgetified (?) version of today’s Hmmcast will arrive later at the scheduled 4:20 time. I’m starting to look forward this day of the week.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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