9 U3 C s2 O9 l! n8 u MFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions + I, ?% L' d/ g% |! W+ D M e7 W; u4 W. r Q3 m
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There is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists & } d# s1 ?# t. |) r * G0 P& y! i/ I2 M; J$ B% H: _. w7 O" l. g. E9 p8 d8 N3 o/ e
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. & I; ?. h+ Q4 V2 X. `2 z% z( U9 @- E 7 m1 o1 l5 ~1 S+ r& V: hForest 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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