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posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 20 2020, @10:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the lost-opportunities dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

When Jane Goodall witnessed a chimpanzee troop split into two bands in 1974, she called the event a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity. Now, a group of chimp researchers fears missing its own once-in-a-lifetime moment because of the coronavirus pandemic. Two years ago, they, too, witnessed a chimp group fission at Kibale National Park in Uganda. The consequences surprised them: Males of one group recently attacked the other and beat up the females. "I would have never predicted that males that have grown up together would be at each other's throats," says John Mitani, a primatologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. But he and his colleagues are likely to remain ignorant about how this power struggle plays out over the coming months or even the next year.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, most of the research team has left the country. Mitani says such precautions make sense for both humans and chimps, who are likely vulnerable to COVID-19, too, according to an 11 April preprint on bioRxiv. But he and his colleagues may miss the rare events that structure chimpanzee society.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @12:57PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @12:57PM (#985072)

    I'm not certain. There are some similarities there between the humans and the bonobos. We must educate the bonobos in rape culture so that they know better.

    Or maybe the humans are wrong on that account. If not for rape culture, I might have reciprocated one of those many times, and of course they shame you for not reciprocating as well. Catch-22. How does one unlearn rape culture?

    Mostly I need ethical guidance with Fear, Loathing, Revenge, and Sexual Slavery in Nevada, but this post is way off topic.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @01:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @01:15PM (#985075)

    Well, I don't think there are too many incel bonobos. And if there are, they are not constantly whining about what victims they are. So that differentiates them from the parent poster.

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 20 2020, @09:44PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 20 2020, @09:44PM (#985233) Journal

    Chimps are mostly the liberal side of the family. The (greater) apes are found on the more conservative side of the family.