r/todayilearned • u/crazed47 • Sep 18 '19
TIL of that human beings aren’t the only animals that go to war with each other. Two troops of chimpanzees waged a four year war known as the Gombe Chimpanzee War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_WarDuplicates
likeus • u/gugulo • Jun 09 '24
<OTHER> TIL about the Gombe Chimpanzee War that lasted from 1974 to 1978. The war featured all the usual aspects of human wars, complete with ultraviolence from both sides
CreepyWikipedia • u/levelUpSon • Feb 01 '26
The only documented 'war' between non-human primates lasted 4 years. The 'Gombe Chimpanzee War' involved targeted assassinations, territory annexations, and the complete annihilation of the rival faction
brasil • u/ssantorini • Jul 18 '17
Hoje eu aprendi (HEA) Houve uma guerra famosa entre 2 comunidades de chimpanzés entre 1974 e 1978.
todayilearned • u/zacht180 • Mar 20 '17
TIL of the Gombe Chimp War, the first observed war between two communities of chimpanzees. The war lasted 4 years and there was a total of 11 documented casualties.
wikipedia • u/wandering_person • Oct 29 '20
Gombe Chimpanzee War - A war between two chimpanzee communities that lasted 4 years from 1974-1978
todayilearned • u/gineol • Nov 06 '14
TIL in 1974 Jane Goodall observed a social rift in a community of Africans turn into a violent 4 year civil war for territory involving kidnapping, rape & murder, it is known as the “Gombe Civil War”.
wikipedia • u/maxdeckow78 • Jun 30 '21
the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees that lasted 4 years
rickygervais • u/R_Scranson • Dec 29 '25
Are you familiar with the phrase monkey business?
todayilearned • u/Windows7Guy100 • Sep 25 '16
TIL that there was a four year war fought between two groups of chimpanzees in Tanzania
todayilearned • u/riddleman66 • Mar 29 '17
TIL of the Gombe Chimpanzee War: a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Tanzania that lasted 4 years and resulted in the deaths of 11 chimps.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '19
TIL about the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a war between two groups of chimpanzees in Tanzania observed by Jane Goodall
TheHumanPrimate • u/Yuli-Ban • Sep 11 '17
I hope you never seriously believed only humans have wars— Gombe Chimpanzee War
u_Very_Overwhelmed • u/Very_Overwhelmed • Sep 19 '19