73: The Time There Was A Literal War Started By Monkeys - The Gombe Chimpanzee War

In Tanzania, in the lower region of the Kakombe Valley, there is the Gombe Stream National Park, where Dr. Jane Goodall founded a research centre that focuses heavily on primates, giving them proper welfare, research and care, and in 1974, Jane and her team of researchers noticed something..interesting, something that really showed how humans and primates are so similar. War. Over 4 years there was a war between two groups of monkeys that resulted in blood, death, and a test of loyalty between the Kasakela group and the Kahama group. all over the death of a senior male, which resulted in Humphrey, the new alpha male of the Kasakela group taking over, but he had competition, and this turned these two factions into fighting over their own territory.These chimps found themselves either choosing the southern faction or the northern faction, which resulted in a four year war, and even caused generational trauma. Literally. 🥀 🥀 🥀 Learn more about Jane Goodall🥀 ⁠Request a topic/case🥀  Watch Us Youtube🥀Follow Us!🥀 Disclaimer: If anything we say is incorrect, or ignorant please comment below, or email us.  All opinions stated are ours alone, we speak for no one who was/is involved in the case.Thank you for listening!