Fuck these trees in particular
why not game? Practice for either hunting or tribal warfare.
Yah, surprising how often "it's fun" gets overlooked as a solution academically. Odds on it being a juvenile behaviour.
Y'all need to mind yo own damn business. This is Chimp business. Not hairless ape business.
I'm betting it's culturally revered target practice.
This just means they really are a stone's throw away from us in the tree of evolution.
I hope one day they win their war against the Ents.
Somehow they managed to only use AVI files, but the videos are all very fascinating. Makes me think it's like a "wishing well" ritual, throw a stone at the tree and.. *something* - I'm not sure what they get out of it, but it's cool.
They obviously wished for fame and the tree obliged.
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