Photo: Chimps Use "Spears" to Hunt Mammals, Study Says

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A chimpanzee in Senegal eats a type of primate called a lesser bush baby (also shown inset) after hunting it with a rudimentary spear—one of the first known instances of great apes using tools to hunt mammals.

Video still courtesy National Geographic/NOVA, inset photograph by P.J. Wagner/Photo Access/Getty Images

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