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==Predation by chimpanzees== A 2007 study of the [[Western chimpanzee]] in TΓ€i forest, [[Ivory Coast]], revealed that local females, young males, young females and infants chimps hunt the Senegal bushbaby using fashioned spears.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Pruetz |first1=J. D. |last2=Bertolani |first2=P. |date=2007 |title=Savanna Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus, Hunt with Tools |journal=Current Biology |volume=17 |issue=5 |pages=412β417 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.042 |issn=0960-9822|doi-access=free |pmid=17320393 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224105220/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C253810%2C00.html FOXNews.com - Killer Chimps Make Spears, Hunt Bushbabies - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> When a bushbaby roost was found, the chimps broke a branch from a nearby tree and sharpened the end using their teeth. They would then rapidly and repeatedly stab into the roost. After successly killing the bushbaby they reached into or smashed the roost, retrieved the body of the bushbaby and ate it. This method was observed to be successful only once in five attempts for a young female.<ref name=":1" />
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