The Predatory Behavior of Wild ChimpanzeesGeza Teleki has spent two years observing wild chimpanzees at very close quarters in the Gombe National Park of Tanzania. He has compiled this report on predatory behavior, based in part upon a decade of observations by a research team living in the park, but primarily upon numerous episodes he observed since early 1968. Illustrated. |
Contents
DISTRIBUTION AND FIELD STUDY OF CHIMPANZEES | 7 |
SELECTED PREDATORY EPISODES | 41 |
THE STAGES OF PREDATION | 85 |
SUMMARY | 145 |
APPENDICES | 159 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 191 |
INDEX | 203 |
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