Chimps Recorded Using Pointy Sticks As Food-Gathering Weapons

Make all the Planet of the Apes / Charlton Heston jokes you want. Personally, I won't be worried until they start making crude flintlocks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Researchers have witnessed a chimpanzee skewering a lemur-like creature for supper, but it's unclear whether the spectacle was a bit of luck or an indication that chimps have a more advanced ability to hunt than was thought.

"It's not uncommon to have chimps use tools. But to use them in the context of hunting" is nearly unheard of, she said.

[Carnivorous Duck: This following part makes the story even more interesting...]

Pruetz said the practice is most common among adolescent females, ages 10 to 13, which must compete against physically superior males.

"It's a way of accessing protein or meat that is a creative solution to this problem," she said.