Comments on: Bili Apes: The Giant Lion-Eating Chimps Of The Magic Forest http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/ Beyond bones & stones Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:22:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ugk http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-15384 ugk Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-15384 Michael Crichton was not stupid. He was aware of secretive things going on and wrote his books as fiction format so he wont get peer gang banged as crazy etc. He knew about the Congo killer apes. Leopards have been killed by gangs of baboons. A large Congo ape would make short work of a leopard if it had numbers on it side. Apes are extremely intelligent. Infact most animals are not stupid as scientists thought in the past. Michael Crichton was not stupid. He was aware of secretive things going on and wrote his books as fiction format so he wont get peer gang banged as crazy etc.
He knew about the Congo killer apes.
Leopards have been killed by gangs of baboons.
A large Congo ape would make short work of a leopard if it had numbers on it side.
Apes are extremely intelligent. Infact most animals are not stupid as scientists thought in the past.

]]> By: Paul C http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-14012 Paul C Mon, 25 May 2009 22:58:30 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-14012 It is obvious that the author of this article did not research his facts very deeply before publishing. Had he done so, he would have noted that apes (Chimpanzees) organize and conduct hunting expeditions. (Jane Goodall in several of her papers and books). to characterize eating meat or hunting without tools as a rare incident is tantamount to re-introducing the anthropological mythologies that Goodall shattered decades ago. That a Bili-Ape may exist is no surprise. That we have yet to bring back samples (alive or otherwise) remains, to me, a mystery. It is obvious that the author of this article did not research his facts very deeply before publishing. Had he done so, he would have noted that apes (Chimpanzees) organize and conduct hunting expeditions. (Jane Goodall in several of her papers and books). to characterize eating meat or hunting without tools as a rare incident is tantamount to re-introducing the anthropological mythologies that Goodall shattered decades ago. That a Bili-Ape may exist is no surprise. That we have yet to bring back samples (alive or otherwise) remains, to me, a mystery.

]]> By: Kambiz http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-13816 Kambiz Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:08:21 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-13816 Why does everyone post some wacky dazed out comment on this site? Seriously, I'm not denying what you wrote, Mark -- I believe non-human primates, especially great apes, to be intelligent animals but magic forest? Why does everyone post some wacky dazed out comment on this site? Seriously, I’m not denying what you wrote, Mark — I believe non-human primates, especially great apes, to be intelligent animals but magic forest?

]]> By: mark http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-13810 mark Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:33 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/17/bili-apes-the-giant-lion-eating-chimps-of-the-magic-forest/#comment-13810 As told to me by native from the magic forest who in now living in the United States and applying for citizenship status. Human poachers in that area have realized that some of their fellow poachers were found without a limb or two and in some cases eaten down to their bones. Poachers are staying away from the Bili Apes. They are afraid of them and should be. The poacher that I met said he would never go back to the magic forest again. It was indeed terrifying. As I watched him tell me his story, he hardly blinked an eye and he appeared to be frighten as he described in details what happen to his fellow poachers. These apes have the ability to think ahead and plan an attack against humans. And even hold a human prisoner and eat on him for a few days before finally killing him or because of the pain and horror of their experience, the human dies. Just horrible. My feelings on it: Looks like poachers are getting their just reward. As told to me by native from the magic forest who in now living in the United States and applying for citizenship status.

Human poachers in that area have realized that some of their fellow poachers were found without a limb or two and in some cases eaten down to their bones. Poachers are staying away from the Bili Apes. They are afraid of them and should be. The poacher that I met said he would never go back to the magic forest again. It was indeed terrifying. As I watched him tell me his story, he hardly blinked an eye and he appeared to be frighten as he described in details what happen to his fellow poachers. These apes have the ability to think ahead and plan an attack against humans. And even hold a human prisoner and eat on him for a few days before finally killing him or because of the pain and horror of their experience, the human dies. Just horrible.
My feelings on it:
Looks like poachers are getting their just reward.

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