8 m( B8 \( X% {3 x( q. tFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions ; O! B5 r N @# G, ^ : W( l' u2 o+ ?+ _" `/ r ; M" j" A$ h9 C" Y( O& u4 Q, p% }; S! I/ R
There is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists 7 `) f# p) ]5 F- C5 `/ C0 H" D* T \0 \3 \) [
* W" f+ J/ m( 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. : i( I; `$ B6 L: d 8 \7 E+ k: i; X5 mForest 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.