Re: lions, chimps and sticks

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Rich Travsky (rtravsky@UWYO.EDU) wrote:
: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey) writes:
: >rtravsky@UWYO.EDU (Rich Travsky) writes:
: >>>It's difficult for humans to even scare off cheetahs.
: >>Chimps are stronger than humans and have bigger teeth. I do not think
: >>it would be the mismatch you suggest.
: >
: >Hyenas hunt in groups and are more aggressive.
: Chimps go in groups too.

: >A lone cheetah can be scared off by a group. I've seen a footage
: >of two men running a cheetah off its prey, so I suppose many
: >screaming chimps might do the trick too.

Cheetahs don't have much in the way of claws or teeth. As noted before,
the primary (essentially only) predators on chimps are leopards.

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