Clever apes use war tactics to hunt and kill their enemy Before long, for reasons we may never comprehend, the Kasakela community decided they wanted Kahama’s territory – and they began a coordinated, violent campaign to get it. Some of the chimps followed Humphrey while others sided with Hugh and Charlie until gradually, the two groups stopped socializing with each other altogether. Scientists believe the death of the group’s strong leader, Leakey, may have prompted the start of the discord.Ī large chimp, Humphrey, became the alpha male after the death of Leakey, but Humphrey was weak and faced pressure from two brothers from the south – Hugh and Charlie. The Gombe community had been a united single group until about 1971 when the chimps split into two factions – one based in the north, the other based in the south. The preface to The Gombe Chimpanzee War – chimps fighting – A once-united community breaks Scientists had never witnessed anything like it – and have never seen anything like it since – and before the civil war would end, nearly two dozen monkeys would lose their lives. The war was called The Gombe Chimpanzee War (also known as the Four-Year War) and it lasted from 1974 through 1978. The war was over a sliver of jungle turf – and the combatants were monkeys. Over the next four years, all six males from the Kahama tribe would be killed by the Kasakela.įemale 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 violence began on January 7, 1974, when a party of six males from the southern Kasakela tribe brutally attacked and murdered Godi, a young, well-liked male member of the northern Kahama tribe.
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