Bonobos Hunt Down Colobus Monkeys | Queens | National Geographic

Bonobos use their intelligence to hunt down and taunt Colobus monkeys.
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[@Oppo-uz2iy]

🎉🎉🎉😂ดิ 😅😅😅😊

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

Chimpanzee: "Ya see, you & me aren't so different..."

[@Cheetahcat-1128]

Bonobo: “i guess your right as we look different but we're also alike.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

There are some differences though. With chimpanzees hunting is a male only endeavor in which they primarily chase down the monkeys and the dominant males get the lion's share with females only getting some scraps in exchange for favors. With bonobos not only do the females participate, Zoey enacted a pivotal role in the hunt and the meat was portioned out more fairly including to Zoey.

[@st4r444]

Ceasar and koba have the same agenda

[@micromints1735]

@@thenerdbeast7375 They also killed the Colobus pretty much instantly whereas Chimps often eat them alive

[@amansdreamwillneverdie708]

Humans and Neanderthals.

[@MACHOO179]

"Bonobos hunt down Colobus" sounds like an Italian Mafia Street war 😂😂

[@anthonygordon9483]

Its strange cause Bonobos arent known for being violent like other apes. They are the least violent. They aren't even hostile towards humans. As the lady mentioned they don't normally eat meat which means they could easily hunt rodents or other mammals but for some reason they are hostile towards these apes. Bonobos are extremely intelligent so its almost as if they know certain apes and mammals are hostile to their territory and some are not. They are able to pick out their threats rather then consider every mammal they see as a threat. They are extremely intelligent. Most Bonobos have been domesticated due to extiction, they are one of the few species that were able to readjust themselves to the wildlife after being domesticated by humans. They also picked up human gestures through their captivity as well. I would look them up, they are very fascinating apes.

[@substancep21]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheManTheChef]

Shush​@@anthonygordon9483

[@stomp21]

The title was written by Bonobos 😆

[@coomslayer6996]

This is Koba and Proximus Caesar’s species. Bonobos

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

That is correct

[@skaaaa4]

wow, i cant believe they made them into a real thing- so cool!

[@tomb9420]

I thought that Bonobos were not aggressive. First for me 😮

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

@@tomb9420 they may be peaceful, but they aren’t harmless. Infact, some male bonobos can be as aggressive as chimps. Still, most of the time their chill.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Further proof that for a bonobo Proximus is absurdly huge.

[@10jeffinjoseph]

I could see no battle cry or unwanted emotions from those face its like a cunning intelligent beautiful being thinking of ways to catch the prey

[@anoshgeorge7973]

ya lol they are even civilised when they hunt unlike chimps aha

[@ToaAxiomMan]

Seems like both Koba and Proximus Caesar aren't too far off

[@TheShoe1990]

I love videos like this, but why have the distracting music? Nature videos such as this don't need any music?

[@stefansalvatierra4913]

I hated it too. Had to push the mute button a number of times…

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

They did that with all the episodes in the Queens series, I dropped the show because of it but might rewatch muted and with captions, normally I don’t mind some music but most of it took away from the immersion and came out of nowhere

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

I will say the show has very nice footage though 👍

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

You can say that about every video apart from mtv videoclips,

[@andyjennings15]

Yeah these types of videos people want to hear the sounds they make communicating with each other and whatnot.

[@mirrorblue100]

Pretty amazing footage - but why add the "impending doom" music?

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

Two babies got killed.

[@Navesblue]

Because it’s completely fitting here?

[@joesanchez979]

Excellent video 😊

[@BonhommeVert.Br.St-Jean]

I miss the days when documentaries weren't made like TV reality shows.

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

This is exactly how I behave when I get my chicken nuggets.

[@dylansearcy3966]

Bonobos and hunt down Columbus monkeys?

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

Same as Chimps

[@samholdsworth420]

I think AI is writing these titles

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Why do people even use Ai??

[@samholdsworth420]

@@Jay-jb2vr because it's all the rage 😂

[@SageModeisOn]

@@Jay-jb2vr cuts costs from paying employees to do a job.. so they want to save their money using broken ai systems ..

[@soumakbinduwildlife]

lovely documentary

[@spaceace1006]

No.Fooling?? I.always thought that Bobobos were not predators! This is interesting!

[@nhatminhhoa]

Bonobo not predator it eat meat like us but rarely hunt but only have a chance they will hunt

[@yolomcswaggens9482]

0:44 How I imagine it is with most self-proclaimed vegetarians ngl

[@Rakanarshi2]

So True, a proper Vegan doesn't tell anyone save for friends. An Improper one, goes for Instagram likes.

[@kaytieanddreambreen4554]

I often wonder how these wildlife footages are captured. Aren't the animals bothered by so many cameras? Are the cameras hidden there? If they are, how do they know where to place them, where the animals are gonna stay? They could just move away from where all the filming equipment is

[@SaloToorres]

it's a bonobo habituated community, they are used to human presence and also to cameras. The project has been going on since early 2000's

[@danidejaneiro8378]

What we just watched was many snippets of footage taken at completely different times and edited together with special effects to fit a storyline.

[@facuperez2707]

Amazing!! 🌍🌿

[@ZeroDrizzy]

Amazing documentary! I can imagine watching our ancestors and its almost like time travel. Imagine the fear of eary humans coming into contact with each other. War is in our dna.

[@Curtainclimber]

Not my ancestors.

[@megapangolin1093]

Not war, hunting is for food. War is much more indiscriminate.

[@CuteMonkeyA1]

I love your video🥰🥰🥰

[@thenerdbeast7375]

That was very interesting! I never knew bonobos hunted! It certainly felt like a different affair than when chimpanzees hunt. When chimps hunt it is a male-only activity in which they dramatically chase down their quarry then the meat is primarily shared with between dominant males with subordinate males and females only getting scraps in exchange for favors with the top males. When bonobos hunt not only do the females join in, they show a lot more strategy with our female Zoey enacting a crucial part in the hunt distracting the large male monkeys. Afterward the meat was shared much more peacefully with Zoey even getting a well earned portion for her roll in the hunt!

[@jaymac7203]

They don't. These aren't bonobos.

[@bradtrooper5978]

@@jaymac7203 Then what are they. They look like bonobos instead of chimpanzees.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

@@jaymac7203yes they are bonobos.

[@arghmestealyourb000ty4]

Thats not exactly accurate for chimps. Females are less likely to hunt larger prey, but they still hunt. theyre also more likely to use tools to hunt than males. It also depends on the troop. In some troops the males will hunt and will give the higher ranking females meat without wanting any favors in return.

[@theboulder4914]

@@jaymac7203 dude these are bonobos they don't look like chimps

[@REAPERCAW]

Wow, I had no idea.

[@johnbeaudin]

Careless, rushed title. ------------------------ 12d after the above comment, they still haven't fixed it. I wonder whose relative does the editing.

[@LanceBeckman]

They accidentally added an "and" are you really that dyslexic?

[@thebigbadrascal3398]

Facts

[@Specogecko]

Looks like it’s fixed unless I don’t notice

[@CheriTheBery]

Wdym?

[@johnbeaudin]

The original title was grammatically wrong in a major way. Now fixed.

[@williamschildren855]

wow... just wow.

[@bayurocky1326]

Cameraman always save😁

[@RCSVirginia]

So much for Bonobos' being the sweet, loving, kind, gender-neutral, matriarchal, non-violent pacifists from whom humans can learn to be better citizens of the planet.

[@Stofferex]

They’re still a thousand more times chill than Chimps. What, just because they eat meat all the sudden they’re bad? Guess what, many cutesy animals eat meat, even some that are labeled as herbivores. Giant Pandas despite having a 90% bamboo diet would still eat meat if the opportunity arises. Hippos has been considered more of omnivorous lately cause more and more has been spotted killing and eating prey, including their own kind. And honestly it shouldn’t even be a surprise. Bonobos are our closest living relatives, and we eat meat. They’re related to chimps too so really, why are you or anyone else even surprised? Just cause they eat meat doesn’t make them any more aggressive than they already were

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

That hasn’t really change Bonobos are still that But they have to get food somehow And this was just one of the rare times they ate meat

[@joshua-nf3rx]

PROTIEN

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

@@joshua-nf3rx yeah they need that

[@michaelperry9430]

They gotta eat. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SimpleGeopolitics24]

Interesting

[@gez-ye-oku]

We were same like Bonobos. 😬

[@gleamtarrest6310]

U might have been!

[@Stofferex]

Bonobos are our closest living relatives

[@gleamtarrest6310]

@@Stofferex that doesn't mean anything

[@Stofferex]

@@gleamtarrest6310 it means we share a lot of similarities with them. More so than Chimps

[@cooliipie]

​@@Stofferex Similar ≠ closest

[@calta5823]

Camilo and Zoey :no more Mr nice ape

[@LanceBeckman]

Bad Simon Green!

[@BulletCRG]

I like these Queens series because it shows that when push comes to shove both genders simply use their biological advantage to survive. Both genders are capable of the same behaviors, but express them in different ways.

[@DjXavier189]

Are bonobos omnivore since they eat leafs fruits and but they ate colobus primate?

[@theoneishere369]

💯 omnivore

[@williamschildren855]

probably...

[@taureanking3807]

Like chimpanzees, bonobos are omnivores, they eat plants, fruits and meat.

[@the_gaming_hyena]

Yes

[@ChroniclesofAlicha_Balaam]

Being omnivore means you eat everything available to you , and meat is a top premium item in their diet as well as our own.

[@erwinwinarno]

This is rare times they will hunt and eat meat.

[@Lythihoa517]

Do you usually live in the forest

[@peterryan6097]

Brilliant. Mother Nature at her best

[@anthonygordon9483]

Bonobos are the only ape species where females are the alpha despite males still being bigger then them in size. There is no other ape species that has this behavior.

[@schwyzerboy]

did they now eat 2 young apes or adult ones?

[@welinder01]

2 young uns.

[@circuloviciosamente]

They ate 2 monkeys, not apes.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

They killed babies, so much for bonobos as peaceful matriarchs eh😂

[@markandrade7547]

Natural Selection, Top of the Food Chain, Keeping a balance in nature. Remember, if they can see or hear you, they can find and eat you.

[@cezar211091]

Fix the title.

[@historychannel365]

And track down Columbus monkeys with bonobos?

[@chronicillz1879]

when the hunter becomes the hunted...

[@megapangolin1093]

Colobus are vegarian, they only hunt leaves.

[@nickgasper-em5iu]

Bonobos

[@thanhtunghoang2402]

To those Snowflakes sitting comfort in ur bed and saying the Bonobo heeartless or cruel: this is a part of nature, and we human evolved to this day not because we stay herbivore.

[@richarddefortune1329]

Humans are worst than the animals. They can kill or starve other human beings for fun.

[@kennethsatria6607]

The divergence is how they deal with things in their groups nonviolently, not what they eat. No sympathy for a good meal and that makes sense.

[@paulsolon6229]

Disdainfulness

[@enemyboy95317]

BGM ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@anthonycatania5613]

You would need to study other packs to confirm... Bet my life savings they saw a human eat one and got the idea from us...

[@ThatVorn]

❤❤❤

[@uniquephilippines]

Fire the sound editor. Distracting music!

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Yes. "Peaceful."

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

After seeing this video My perspective of bonobos has not changed, not by a long shot. Bonobos are still peaceful animals most of time, and this is just one of the rare times they will hunt and eat meat. Other times their just chillin.

[@RubenDeanda-lb9wr]

As humans 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kentuckyhunter58]

So basically the same as a human

[@dead01]

🤣

[@SaloToorres]

they hunt more often than you think

[@joeb134]

​@@Kentuckyhunter58They don't kill each other and rarely don't really fight each other

[@ronmexico1874]

Bonobos are the JV team, right?

[@peterjhpark4782]

Ok so did Zoey get HER share??😅

[@Imagineering100]

No vegetarians here.

[@jans_]

0:38

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

Despite apes such as Bonobos and Orangutans being peaceful animals They will hunt and eat smaller mammals However, it’s rare of them to do so as they mainly eat plants, meat only makes up a small percentage of their diet

[@lehoang7780]

thanks, good to know this knowledge, please share more

[@mozdy7457]

Almost all animals will eat meat, even those we ostensibly think of as herbivores. Deer will eat birds and even squirrels if it’s convenient.

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

@@mozdy7457 already knew that

[@mozdy7457]

@@PrebbleStaduim727 was just responding to the guy who asked for more info lol

[@PrebbleStaduim727]

@@mozdy7457 oh sorry my mistake

[@MrMichaelSir]

The Takeaway: never trust a female named Zoey

[@kingbugs3558]

That title grammar. I expect better from Nat Geo.

[@CheriTheBery]

Wdym?

[@kingbugs3558]

​@@CheriTheBery They changed it. Look at the other older comments.

[@King-Fishing-Navsar-masi]

[@Alan-ii9te]

Savage

[@TaiLayMienTay]

Quá dỉnh anh ỏi👍👍👍🩵🩵🔔

[@GatCat]

My cats nickname is Bonobo because he’s incredibly smart and cute, yet ruthless when hunting.

[@MrG-xm1up]

I thought bonobos where lovers not fighters.

[@CheriTheBery]

They are, probably the circumstances called for it. This is very unusual behaviour for bonobos.

[@mrsmartypants4541]

Welp, apparently eating babies is not beneath them.

[@ABC-tt7qe]

They are so intelligent… watching this terrifies me! 😟

[@RubenDeanda-lb9wr]

Don’t be they are our cousins be proud of them

[@blueabattoir]

My cousin, the cannibal.

[@Prasanna-6557]

Illicit femme attraction is fatal for males , even amongst us humans.😮

[@creations2548]

Koba

[@fuzo777]

But now

[@johnkeane1419]

Bonobos not so peaceful, clearly.

[@lukeaustin4465]

Neither are humans. Humans hunt too silly.

[@sinerntous6433]

As the earth through time meets its enlightenment back with the universe the evolution occurs.

[@hakaishin77]

This is also the our ancestors hunt prey for food

[@stevenpham6734]

Oh nooooo. Everybody is omnivore nowadays :(

[@jerrydell]

This looks like tyrone and gang in south side chicago.

[@randyjohnson5426]

That looks like memphis on a weekend night.

[@fuzo777]

☹️

[@dylansearcy3966]

That's cold blooded

[@samdumaquis2033]

Hunger motivates

[@Dinokingthing]

Remember gang, there is no true herbivore

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

Most animals are omnivor-ish, but some are obligate Herbivores like Koalas, who have a smooth brain and can't recognize anything outside branches as food and sloths who are made to save energy.

[@gonzalo11102]

Exactly like our anscester, mostly vegetarian but never say no to meat if there is a occasion.

[@Ahahashir]

I don’t think our ancestors were mostly vegetarian

[@TaylorCatherine]

She is absolutely beautiful

[@ignacioiguanada7672]

Something is up. This looks quite computer generated to me, particularly the long shots showing the monkeys and apes jumping from tree to tree. Is this supposed to be actual footage?

[@georgezaharoff]

It isn’t - it’s taken from different videos and if you see different colobus and at the end chimps eating whatever. Shame.

[@fuzo777]

What

[@sherintv478]

.❤

[@AuTini]

🙃🙃❤❤❤❤

[@gideon7359]

Proving once again that vegetarians will eventually crave and eat meat.

[@dmoore9526]

Savagery!!!

[@CheriTheBery]

How so? It's just nature. This is very unusual behaviour for bonobos.

[@CheriTheBery]

How so? It's just nature. This is very unusual behaviour for bonobos.

[@terryfowler6090]

This just proves that scientists don't know what they are doing.

[@Mr.Cupcake]

Bonobos are certainly extremely empathetic with each other and I'm sure on some primitive level they understand that their fellow bonobos feel and sense the same things they do. But they are just not quite sentient enough to grasp the concept that other animals also have a unique experience and have the capacity to feel pain and suffering. Luckily we as humans have the level of sentience required to understand that a great number of animal species feel basic things like happiness and, more importantly, pain very similar to the way we do. And since most of us are not in the situation that these bonobos are in, and can thrive on eating plants, it becomes wholly unnecessary to inflict such pain and suffering onto others, much like we wouldn't inflict it on other humans.

[@EliteMMAv2]

We are Omnivores cry about it

[@Mr.Cupcake]

@@EliteMMAv2 exactly, meaning that eating animal products isn't necessary to be healthy.

[@lj4ptplay]

Proximus Ceaser

[@narendramartosudarmo6112]

More like Koba

[@infidel6608]

Looks like the American hood.

[@reuterromain1054]

I thought the Bonobos are a peaceful species?

[@nhatminhhoa]

Every species have to eat bro even herbivor eat meat

[@brianal7143]

Creepy

[@barryfinkle1755]

Bad music choice. Very bad.

[@samyoung3592]

Intelligence? Instinct.....

[@couchgrouches7667]

Intelligence, bonobos are second smartest ape, after us.

[@CheriTheBery]

@@couchgrouches7667 2 Bonobos (Kanzi and Teco) literally beat ender dragon recently 😂, Kanzi can also start a fire from scratch and likes to roast marshmallows after.

[@Kenan-Z]

This video disappointed me so much. I used to believe that bonobos are the peaceniks, hippis of the rainforest and do not harm any other species. That they actually kill other monkeys when they have opportunity is just sad.

[@AnoNymous-ph4cd]

Not sad brother. Just nature. Animals kill for survival and to maintain health and have done so since forever, it's just that simple. Let's get real and rid ourselves of fairytales. If reality makes you sad, it says more about you than about reality.

[@Kenan-Z]

@@AnoNymous-ph4cd I know that animals kill for survival, but bonobos are one of a kind. I wouldn't expect them to be brutal. Himalayan bobak marmots never ever kill another animal, they are happy herbivores, for example. Not that every species has blood on its hands.

[@lehoang7780]

maybe you didnot intentionally watch animal documentaries.wake up bro. you stay in human lane for too long. nature is brutal and cruel.

[@Kenan-Z]

@@lehoang7780 No, not cruel and brutal always. Bobak marmots, for instance, are peaceful and chill, not hurting other animals.

[@historychannel365]

That is heartless.

[@peterryan6097]

That is nature

[@JackSmith.9966]

Keep living in dreamland

[@sudhirkumarmurmu7993]

Natural video.

[@dustinhellberg3606]

Do we need the awful background music? The voice over is atrocious. Since when did the complex sounds of nature become unnecessary within the context you're trying to provide context for...?

[@pbizpbiz7907]

ประเทศลาวมีเยอะครับ

[@supa3ek]

Cannibals

[@frankmacleod2565]

no. Cannabalism is when one species eats the same species.

[@gokulraja2812]

Cannibalism eat own species😮

[@frankmacleod2565]

monkeys and bonobos aren't even in the same genus, let alone species

[@balckston]

Human is the prime distraction in the clips causing 🐒 misjudge the situation.

[@the_gaming_hyena]

How lol

[@sandwichbebussin9206]

Wierdest bigfoot documentary iv ever sen

[@BobbyDon8]

Bull sheet

[@rodrigodegraecis8216]

But, bonobos time ago they were vegetarians. Why they change eating meet now ?