To present all of the behaviors of chimpanzees in one paper is virtually
impossible. So, I am going to attempt to present only certain major behaviors such as
hunting and gathering to sharing and caring in the following paragraphs.
There are many interesting subtleties to the chimpanzee that the average
person does not know about. It was first believed that the chimpanzee was a vegetarian.
But, after many years of trivial research, it was clear that meat is and was a natural part
of this animal's diet. Now, of course comes that part on how the chimpanzee gets that
Although chimpanzees can and do hunt alone, they often form larger
hunting parties consisting of more than ten adult males, plus females and juveniles.
Chimpanzees also go on "hunting binges" in which they kill a large number of monkeys
and other animals over a period of several weeks or days. The reason for this is
mysterious, but one mean is maybe to make political bonds and gain access to
One observation that has been made is the tendency of chimpanzees to
hunt in groups. Since these animals live in a fission-fusion society, where there is very
little cohesion in the group, (beyond the young and their mothers), the size of a hunting
party is related to the success of a hunt. A lone chimpanzee may only capture an animal
thirty percent of the time, whereas a party of ten or more is successful nearly very time.
however, chimpanzees do not join hunting parties expecting to increase their intake of
Looking at the social aspects of chimpanzee societies to understand their
hunting patterns comes from the observation that males for most of the hunting. Adult
and adolescent males make over ninety percent of the kills. Although females
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