; n4 k7 l, u/ W: gFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions ; c( v1 C+ D1 S6 I }: y; M. T( c0 D9 R5 X- q* j
6 Y0 J" q. w9 c! J, s b 5 O3 D& O% i) M: H+ R* DThere is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists . T/ Z! W: h2 ]% w* j; i) C3 P$ D7 p+ A( v0 n" F" ?: R9 g
- D; e. K$ O6 o }6 J2 hSome locals say they are eight feet tall and weigh 20 stone. Others claim they are even bigger, equipped with huge flesh-ripping teeth and muscles capable of dismembering a man.# E9 G( d# P# R$ u: X+ ?/ {7 s
# {+ a# ]8 p" {7 e0 y) D7 m. jForest dwellers have told visiting explorers and scientists of a ferocious grey ape, with the cunning of a chimpanzee and the power and size of a gorilla - and a taste for meat rather than the shrubbery loved by most apes. For, unlike most apes, these are predators - capable of hunting not only forest antelope but, incredibly, lion and leopard too. And to cap it all, like wolves, these fearsome beasts howl at the Moon.
