The Great Apes

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Images of interactions and chimpanzee predation on colobus monkeys from Chimpanzee and Red Colobus: The Ecology of Predator and Prey by Dr Craig B. Stanford

A party of chimpanzees, led by Frodo (far right), approaches colobus males of J group, 18 July 1992, Kakombe Stream.

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Frodo stares at a male colobus defending his group a few meters overhead.

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Frodo rushes at the male colobus, attempting to scatter their ranks and reach an immature.

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Frodo hand-threatens a male colobus as he attempts to reach the females and their offspring, out of view to the left.

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On 7 October 1992 Atlas captures a juvenile colobus of J group, using his arms and one foot to pin the prey to the tree limb.

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Atlas kills the juvenile colobus with a bite to the base of the skull.

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An adult male chimpanzee is watched vigilantly by a male red colobus in KK5 before a hunt begins.

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