Aggresive behavior is spread across the animal kingdom. Ants enslave less powerfull species. In fact insects are the most violent of creatures, the Black Widow is not alone in devouring its mate. Adult male mammals will sometimes eat their own male offspring. Porposes have been observed killing seals for sport. Welcome to the real world. To date mankind has been the only species to have built weapons capable of destroying all life on our planet. Although theorists claim cockroaches would probably survive. Stunt > > I've seen on animal planet where the head male of lions, wolves, coyotes and their packs fight to banish another male who tries to take over the pack, mate with a females alright spoken for by the leader. If the loser of the fight refuse to leave, they fight to the death. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lori Michaelson > To: Quad > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:26 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] Surprise! Humankind revisited > > > > Like W, I have been adamant that humans are the only species that kill for sport (or anything else besides just killing to eat). > > Last night my husband & I were watching the National Geographic Channel. A scientist and chimp observer has brought forth the truth that, in more case studies in the wild, adult male chimps will band together to seek out and kill another chimpanzee's group as a rival. > > We watched the footage. It was similar to a gang piling up on a single outcast. Genitals were ripped off, torso ripped open and a full scale beating-to-death occurred. Leaving the dead chimp face up, splayed-open ... ugly scene. > > I guess Jane Goodall ( the first to observe and record behavior suggestive of ritual among a group of chimpanzees) either didn't report the violence in her days of study or she missed it. > > The programme said... > > "The only other "primates" that kill their own kind are in fact, us. Humans and chimpanzees show a common aggressive tendency and will actively seek out and kill members of their own species. Chimpanzees and humans are the only other species that, out of 4000 other mammal species and 10 million other non-mammal species, have been observed to hunt and kill members of a rival group." > > Or ... > > It has been known for eons that animals will sometimes fight with each other, but systematic warfare was considered a uniquely human trait. It is now known that chimpanzees sometimes engage in long-term aggression with neighboring groups and will systematically murder each member of the �enemy� group. This is accomplished by a band of mostly males silently searching for isolated members of the rival community and killing them. Such campaigns can last months on end with frequently repeated excursions into the rivals� territory. > > Chimps and gorillas were long considered to be relatively docile and placid creatures, but today we know that they can be vicious killers. In gorillas, the killing is usually done by lone males, intent on displacing a male rival in order to gain access to a harem of females. And sometimes the loser is not the only one who gets killed. A victorious male may extend the slaughter to include the loser's infant offspring. > Chimps can take killing to a more sinister level. Acting in small, roving gangs, they have been seen making commando-style raids on neighbouring chimp groups, singling out individuals for slaughter. These kinds of attacks can go on, intermittently, for years, until all rivals are killed or evicted. In simple terms, it is nothing less than systematic genocide. > > The more you know ... the less blind you become :-) > > Lori > > > > > > > >
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