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Savannah-dwelling chimpanzees like these males on an African plateau have been observed making spear-like weapons to hunt bushbabies. After forcibly jabbing at lesser bushbabies, which sleep inside hollow branches or tree trunks during the day, the chimps sniffed or licked their weapons, as if to see whether or not they shed blood. Credit: Paco Bertolani

Savannah-dwelling chimpanzees like these males on an African plateau have been observed making spear-like weapons to hunt bushbabies. After forcibly jabbing at lesser bushbabies, which sleep inside hollow branches or tree trunks during the day, the chimps sniffed or licked their weapons, as if to see whether or not they shed blood. Credit: Paco Bertolani

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