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		AngryData on June 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Trap... Give them javelins and teach them how to use them. It will certainly solve the poaching problem!

tempguy9999 on June 14, 2019 [–]

Chimps are known to create and use spears but for stabbing rather than throwing <https://phys.org/news/2015-04-chimps-senegal-fashion-spears.....

AFAIC they don't seem to understand how to throw, and aren't physically well adapted to do so.

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