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Wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) exploit tortoises (Kinixys erosa) via percussive technology

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), one of humankinds’ closest living relatives, are known to hunt and consume the meat of various animal taxa. Although some researchers have presented indirect evidence that chimpanzees may also prey on tortoises, until now, direct observations of this behaviour did not...

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Autores principales: Pika, Simone, Klein, Harmonie, Bunel, Sarah, Baas, Pauline, Théleste, Erwan, Deschner, Tobias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31123270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43301-8