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Published online 22 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070219-11
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Chimps make spears to catch dinner
Wooden weapons are a first in animal kingdom.
Chimpanzees can hunt with spears, say researchers who have seen wild chimps in the grasslands of Senegal. The innovative apes fashion weapons from sticks to kill bushbabies.
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