Scientists have discovered for the first time that chimpanzees eat gorilla , and we humans may be the "culprit". What's going on? Logically speaking, chimpanzees and gorillas are both "close relatives" and have common ancestors. They should be relatively harmonious in life. In fact, chimpanzees and gorillas in some areas are actually social "friends". For example, in Congo Rainforest , scientists discovered that there was a social interaction between chimpanzees and gorillas for several years. Of course, sometimes there are exceptions. When faced with some competition, conflicts may break out between these chimpanzees and gorillas.
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The incident happened in Lu'anguo National Park. The scientists' team recorded two scenes of chimpanzees attacking gorillas. Lara M. Suthern, a researcher involved in the study, said the first time the conflict between chimpanzees and gorillas was seen in February 2019, when as many as 27 chimpanzees attacked five silver-backed gorillas. In this conflict, chimpanzees had the advantage in numbers, so they ended in the defeat of gorillas. Four adult gorillas successfully escaped, but one young gorilla was beaten to death by chimpanzees.
After about 10 months, in December 2019, scientists saw a war between chimpanzees and gorillas again, with 27 chimpanzees fighting 7 gorillas. Similarly, in this conflict, gorillas were defeated by chimpanzees because of their unprevalent number. Among them, a young gorilla was even "almost all" were "eated" by an adult chimpanzee. Too cruel. The situation of
shocked scientists because the relationship between chimpanzees and gorillas was originally relatively "peaceful". Many scientists have seen chimpanzees and gorillas playing together, but now chimpanzees are constantly in conflict with gorillas. Such abnormal situations have attracted the attention of scientists, and scientists hope to find the reason for their conflict.
Some scientists believe that when food is sufficient and habitat is large enough, these primates will be happy and share abundant food resources together. However, in the case of food shortage, chimpanzees and gorillas are also facing the dilemma of food shortage, and conflicts will inevitably occur at this time. Over the years, as the warming continues, many forests have been deeply affected. Some forests have been damaged due to wildfires and other reasons, seriously squeezing the habitat of these animals living in the forest. At the same time, some fruits have also reduced their production due to warming.
In this case, the orangutan war is about to break out, so we can understand it. The reasons for warming climate and shrinking forests are caused by the development of human society. Therefore, some people believe that conflicts broke out between chimpanzees and gorillas, and humans may be the "culprit".
goats and bighorn goats broke out in conflict
similar conflicts exist in other species, not just between chimpanzees and gorillas.
U.S. "Washington Post " report pointed out that U.S. Glacier National Park has lost about 85% of its ice since its establishment in 1916. As these ice layers disappear, the previously deposited salt has gradually been exposed. As these salts continue to appear, local goats and bighorn sheep began to compete for these salts in groups, because these salts are important nutrients needed by goats and bighorn sheep.
Due to the warming of climate, the distribution of food, water and other resources has been affected and changed. Especially the salt that is difficult to obtain from food has become the resources that these animals compete for, which is why goats and bighorn sheep have conflicts due to the competition for salt.
During observation, scientists found that although goats and bighorn sheep are about the same size, goats are obviously in the "salt battle".Scientists say that as climate warming continues and global water resources will become more scarce, conflicts between animals may break out more frequently due to the competition for these resources.
Summary: In the process of human society development, the climate and environment of the earth have been affected, and these changes in climate and environment have also affected the survival of other species to a certain extent. When other species face food shortages or other problems, conflicts may break out within the species, or conflicts with other species.
