Sci/Tech Monkeys have been observed to use tools to hunt.

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

The multistep spearmaking practice, documented by researchers in Senegal who spent years gaining the chimpanzees' trust, adds credence to the idea that human forebears fashioned similar tools millions of years ago.

The landmark observation also supports the long-debated proposition that females -- the main makers and users of spears among the Senegalese chimps -- tend to be the innovators and creative problem solvers in primate culture.

Using their hands and teeth, the chimpanzees were repeatedly seen tearing the side branches off long, straight sticks, peeling back the bark and sharpening one end. Then, grasping the weapons in a "power grip," they jabbed them into tree-branch hollows where bush babies -- small, monkeylike mammals -- sleep during the day.

Read more here. (Washington Post)


Monkeys have been observed making tools to hunt. Never been seen before so the researchers followed them for 7 years.

Lots of stuff we dont know about. Stay tuned.....
 

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If they become advanced, they might be peaceful, not exploit the planet, and not be racist. Then they would look down on us. Better kill them now!
 

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This article is getting me in the mood to re-watch 2001: A Space Odyssey
 
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