Abstract
Although interspecific interactions between chimpanzees and various mammals have been reported from several field studies, relatively few encounters with carnivores of any size have been observed in natural conditions. The previously documented examples are here supplemented by three events describing wild chimpanzee responses to small carnivores. The observations now available suggest that chimpanzee responses are flexible rather than strictly patterned.
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Teleki, G. Notes on chimpanzee interactions with small carnivores in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Primates 14, 407–411 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731361
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