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They've never been documented eating any reptiles? Not even something trivial like lizards? That seems so odd, I don't know why but I assumed they ate just abou

• Causality1 7y ago
  That was my reaction as well. Small palm-sized lizards are so common I'm amazed no one has observed a chimp snatching and eating one.
• toomanybeersies 7y ago
  The've been documented eating monkeys: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150728-chimps-nearly-wiped-out-monkeys http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150728-chimps-nearly-wiped-... I think that the lede is more that they're using problem solving to eat the turtles by breaking their shell.
• Aromasin 7y ago
  As far as my brief reading has got me, despite what was my general understanding until now they generally eat very little meat at all [1]. I guess it makes sense in this case that they're never been found eating reptiles. [1] https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-to-eat-like-a-chimpanzee/?redirect=1 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-to-eat-l...