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If you are in doubt about this being revenge, because you think revenge is exclusively a human behavior, then have a look at the Gombe Chimpanzee War [0]. [0]:
by drclau 5y ago
If you are in doubt about this being revenge, because you think revenge is exclusively a human behavior, then have a look at the Gombe Chimpanzee War [0].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
- xeromal 5y agoThanks for sharing this. What a read though I wish it had more details!
- snek_case 5y agoPeople have this funny idea that war is a human invention and that nature would be peaceful and quiet without us. But it turns out ants and termites have been at it for probably over 100 million years: https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/why-ants-and-termites-declare-war-on-each-other-on-sight/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/why-ants-and-termite...
- juanani 5y agoI think that some people have noticed that greater progress is made through cooperation which is why they gape their mouths when the people running the war machine buy an extra yacht for their great grandkids.
- skyfaller 5y agoThanks for suggesting an interesting research topic! I found this article comparing how ants and humans wage war to be more insightful : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-it-comes-waging-war-ants-humans-have-lot-common-180972169/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-it-comes-...
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoKurzgesagt has an ongoing, educational, animated series about the war of ants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QTAgHlwEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QTAgHlwEg
- alecco 5y agoThat seems to be a blatant ripoff from BBC Earth (6yo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdpGAdB_zpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdpGAdB_zpc
- enaaem 5y agoThere is also an otter war in Singapore https://mothership.sg/2020/03/bishan-marina-otters-fight/ https://mothership.sg/2020/03/bishan-marina-otters-fight/
- arcticfox 5y agoWell that's super interesting. I'm wondering, what does the article mean by the 3 enslaved at the end? I'm not sure what that would mean in the context of chimps
- cm2012 5y agoThe female apes were forcibly taken as new mates in the tribe.
- jessaustin 5y agoChimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to monkeys.
- bopbeepboop 5y agoHumans are monkeys: there’s no way to draw “monkey” that doesn’t include “ape” in its clade. But yes — chimps (and bonobos) are our closest relatives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae#/media/File%3AHominoidea_lineage.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae#/media/File%3AHomi...
- zuminator 5y agoI am still in doubt about this being revenge. I'm not necessarily saying it isn't, but doesn't culling the dogs as a means of pest control also fit the hypothesis? I mean, if a baby in a human town was bit by a rat, we humans would react by trying to eradicate the local rat population. You could call that revenge I guess, but normally we wouldn't ascribe such a passionate motive to our behavior, we would say it was logical to eliminate a source of danger.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoLogic and emotion need not be at odds. In fact, in a natural setting, emotions are almost always aligned with logical self preservation and advancement.
- gherkinnn 5y agoThe only difference is that we’re capable of industrialising that effort. Thinking otherwise is a mere extension of the Noble Savage.
- oblio 5y agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqECNYmM23A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqECNYmM23A
- 7952 5y agoIt could be a way of demonstrating fitness to mate. And with less risk of injury to your own family.