Chimp Meat Market (trading meat for 'company')
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:18 pm
Chimpanzees exchange meat for sex
Male chimps that are willing to share the proceeds of their hunting expeditions mate twice as often as their more selfish counterparts.
This is a long-term exchange, so males continue to share their catch with females when they are not fertile, copulating with them when they are.
The team describe their findings in the journal PLoS One.