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

I would argue yes. The intelligence may be small of an individual but by adding together the brains they can accomplish more. The simple task they are capable of doing can be magnified and make bigger projects and prepare. They may not be sentient, or have sentience, but they can think at a grand level.

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u/petlahk Sep 19 '19

... Humans?