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Do humans hunt chimpanzees

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13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Yes, they are hunted for "bush meat." The people of Africa used to have social taboos against killing them because they were looked upon as being related to humans (which they are). However, people began to hunt them because they had low food supplies.

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