% [( h1 m a( g7 EFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions ; E! g. o& D6 ^0 J6 V6 }7 n* S4 [- f5 i" Q$ C5 s% C, G
! S0 t6 c/ ?& _ W 6 T$ x$ H" m0 E J5 W u" PThere is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists 7 D/ e; Q8 D' o 8 X7 f7 ?1 D' W, h0 o6 _) B/ u1 q& D& K0 r
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. # E$ v! \) U5 n! B* O' h, I/ g! K6 ?1 D- j/ R8 }, A# r( Y2 o. E
Forest 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.
