Oh, I thought it was more of a breaking-news thing based on recent, ongoing observations? (if not, then that’s what I get for not reading the damn article)
I remember not so long ago, the fact being presented that only rats and humans killed for unnecessary reasons. For example, outside of the broad, known idea that species could kill as part of a territorial / protection / etc thing. But based on what Goodall observed, some chimps seemed to have no particular reason to kill some others of their species. It was more of a ‘I just don’t like you’ kind of thing, IIRC.
I don’t know where you saw that fact being presented, but surplus killing has long been documented in many species, including those who don’t make caches for winter.
Goodall observed it and commented in it, but this group specifically studied the behavior.
Oh, I thought it was more of a breaking-news thing based on recent, ongoing observations? (if not, then that’s what I get for not reading the damn article)
I remember not so long ago, the fact being presented that only rats and humans killed for unnecessary reasons. For example, outside of the broad, known idea that species could kill as part of a territorial / protection / etc thing. But based on what Goodall observed, some chimps seemed to have no particular reason to kill some others of their species. It was more of a ‘I just don’t like you’ kind of thing, IIRC.
I don’t know where you saw that fact being presented, but surplus killing has long been documented in many species, including those who don’t make caches for winter.
Good point!
So as I mentioned, there’s a pretty clear point upon such…?
Recent, ongoing observations of the past 12 years…
So… not so “recent,” and data that’s already been out there for a while? Implying that this latest thing likely isn’t the first nibble…?