2007年07月17日 广州日报 0 |9 Q4 S# W9 ?, T3 j ; q8 G9 {! d c2 J1 G$ Y4 r在刚果民主共和国的丛林中生活着一群凶悍的大型猿类，它们宰杀狮子、捕食鱼类，还经常冲月亮吠叫。当地人将这种大型猿类称为“狮子杀手”，认为它们是黑猩猩和大猩猩杂交而产生的。但科学家在研究后指出，这些“狮子杀手”只不过是一种特殊的黑猩猩。; a- J: N/ E. E( C7 _0 C
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与大多数猿类不同的是，这些猿类是肉食动物——它们不仅能捕食森林里的羚羊，更令人难以置信的是，它们竟然能够捕食狮子和豹子。而且，就像狼一样，这些可怕的动物还冲着月亮吠叫。. p) I$ k- c+ C/ v5 d
, Q3 a/ k: o9 d8 ]+ iFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions, B& ]# N7 M$ g6 E( C% m& ?9 V$ |
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There is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists. p! y1 O) L9 H. t8 S5 [
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Some 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. " ~8 [$ J5 p4 c+ o( j & u; G) C, s& ^4 p+ kForest 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.
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