( i8 F7 f* P# U7 q+ \0 g. p$ pFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions ; S& @; j) u J3 G; W* K3 d, }' o/ z4 w
n, j6 }& n; _ ( S- J& E' U7 \% p: hThere is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists ) U/ V' u6 M3 s; l( P - ^# J7 M; F. p; d9 N" U: j& e. r ]5 @$ U; V
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.7 g1 ~" j9 }" G" _8 N. g
- g7 K% O/ v- r7 M- ]1 BForest 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.
