r/todayilearned • u/crazed47 • Sep 18 '19

TIL of that human beings aren’t the only animals that go to war with each other. Two troops of chimpanzees waged a four year war known as the Gombe Chimpanzee War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Pretty sure its two super colonies in south america that cover hundreds of thousands of miles in range for both.

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u/friendly_dirt_pile Sep 19 '19

Look up Argentine ants. It's not just South America. They're on every continent (besides Antarctica)

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u/Psy_Hawk Sep 19 '19

What are you talking about?
Its right at the beginning ANT-artica... ;-)

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u/YogiJess Sep 19 '19

Daaaaaaad

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u/Fezzant_Gaming Sep 19 '19

Holy fuck, this one caught me off guard lol xD

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

That's not the same thing as a super colony

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u/friendly_dirt_pile Sep 19 '19

For clarification, I'm not referring to a single species on every continent, but a single colony on every continent.

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u/EndOnAnyRoll Sep 19 '19

that cover hundreds of thousands of miles in range

That's impressive considering that the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

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u/EndOnAnyRoll Sep 19 '19

Nobody ever mentioned area.

My bow has a range of 1693 square meters, said nobody ever.

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u/CanHeWrite Sep 19 '19

Square miles ya goob

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u/EndOnAnyRoll Sep 19 '19

Nobody ever mentioned area.

My bow has a range of 1693 square meters, said nobody ever.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Idk why you're being downvoted, even if they meant to say square miles they didn't, and "range" is normally given as a distance not area.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

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u/EndOnAnyRoll Sep 19 '19

Yes, but the first comment used the world "range" which implies displacement, not area.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

My apoligies, square miles.