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11-04-2005, 08:09 AM	#1
Petra Love Bomb Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NZ (Aotearoa) Posts: VMMMCCXXXIX Images: 215	Carnivorous Primates Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any. Excluding humans, that is. So are there any, or are they all herbivores? The things that trouble me while do the dishes...
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11-04-2005, 08:14 AM	#2
Carnivale Ed Clown Laureate Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: MCCXCI	Re: Carnivorous Primates I always see pictures of monkeys digging insects out of the ground with sticks. At the very least, that has to make them omnivores, right?

11-04-2005, 08:57 AM	#3
fragment mesospheric bore Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Zealand Gender: Male Posts: VMDXXIV Blog Entries: 8 Images: 143	Re: Carnivorous Primates I believe chimpanzees have been observed to hunt and eat small animals.

11-04-2005, 09:37 AM	#4
ceptimus puzzler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: XVMMMCCXCII Images: 28	Re: Carnivorous Primates Yes, chimps hunt other animals, including monkeys. Orang-utans eat insects and occasionally eggs or small vertebrates. Most primates, including gorillas, will eat a few termites and ants given the chance.

11-04-2005, 10:43 AM	#5
Petra Love Bomb Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NZ (Aotearoa) Posts: VMMMCCXXXIX Images: 215	Re: Carnivorous Primates Cheers. That settles my next question then.
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11-04-2005, 11:28 AM	#6
Ymir's blood Coffin Creep Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The nightmare realm Posts: XXXDCCCIII Images: 67	Re: Carnivorous Primates You aren't planning to start eating ants with a stick, are you?
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11-04-2005, 05:58 PM	#7
Crumb Adequately Crumbulent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cascadia Gender: Male Posts: LXMMMCLXXXVIII Blog Entries: 22 Images: 355	Re: Carnivorous Primates Chimps have been known to eat human babies. I'd call that carnivorous.
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Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any. Excluding humans, that is.

Wouldn't humans be more adequately labeled as omnivorous?

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Chimps have been known to eat human babies.

Which obviously makes them atheists and members of the EAC.

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Re: Carnivorous Primates

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Chimps have been known to eat human babies.

Which obviously makes them atheists and members of the EAC.

Shhh! Don't tell anyone or everyone will want to join the club with all the cute chimps.

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