1 ^# ]! ~7 d0 t9 kFrom myth to reality - meet the chimps who eat lions % l" {) N( w5 s3 n B$ P# N9 a; ?: O4 V
/ W% F3 ]' }# c* N& [7 L* H' \ & F% @% G' ^# F2 DThere is a growing belief that a 'super' sub-speices of chimps exists# |: D" ]/ L. S/ m- \2 o- y; A1 ~
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, z4 s! N9 O7 H% V- ?% u( sSome locals say they are eight feet tall and weigh 20 stone. Others claim they are even bigger, equipped with huge flesh-ripping teeth and muscles capable of dismembering a man. & |" Z: k9 z: _0 K: `# C4 ~ 5 m( W' e* T' P) ~6 t: m l4 Z2 ZForest dwellers have told visiting explorers and scientists of a ferocious grey ape, with the cunning of a chimpanzee and the power and size of a gorilla - and a taste for meat rather than the shrubbery loved by most apes. For, unlike most apes, these are predators - capable of hunting not only forest antelope but, incredibly, lion and leopard too. And to cap it all, like wolves, these fearsome beasts howl at the Moon.
