The Gombe Chimpanzee War – violent four-year civil war for territory involved kidnapping, rape, and

[Fantastic Anarchist]

- Murder:

The violence began on January 7, 1974 when a party of six males from the southern Kasakela tribe brutally attacked and murdered Godi, a young male member of the northern Kahama tribe. Over the next four years, all six males from the Kahama tribe would be killed by the Kasakela. Female Kahama tribe members suffered similar fates – one was murdered, two went missing and were never found, and three were kidnapped, beaten, and raped by the Kasakela. The war was over a sliver of turf – and the combatants were monkeys. The war was called The Gombe Chimpanzee War (also known as the Four-Year War) and it lasted from 1974 through 1978. Scientists had never seen anything like it. Before the civil war would end, nearly two dozen monkeys would lose their lives.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

1. Forgot to include the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War

[Rex]

2. Makes me wonder if other mammals war over territory or if it is just primates?

I know animals like lions will fight over territory, but that is not really a war imo. Is war too complex a concept for other animals?

[bemildred]

5. Yes, they do, and non-mammals too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Aggression

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. Go and look up Amazon Ants...

Animal behaviour is really fascinating.

[bemildred]

3. Yep, it goes waaaay back, it does.

And usually it's about territory and females, i.e. population pressures. Does ISIS ring a bell? We are very territorial creatures.

[Orsino]

4. Story keeps calling chimpanzees "monkeys."

Other than that, very interesting. Thanks.

[bemildred]

6. That annoyed me too. nt

[Rex]

7. I hate it when the news does that.

As if monkeys is a catch all for primates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphyly

[jberryhill]

8. .

[Fantastic Anarchist]

10. That bothers me, too, yet I didn't catch that this time. nt