UP ran up a tree, but was followed by a number of adult males who sat at a distance with their eyes fixed on the infant cloning to her chest. The female adult charged UP, which had her albino infant clinging to her chest, and hit her. Scientists observed an adult male and female producing alarm hoos and barks, which are typically used by chimpanzees encountering a dangerous animal or threatening human. Once they reached the area, loud screams coming from UP could be heard, which caught the attention of other chimpanzees who rushed to the scene.
The team trekked out to the Budongo Forest Reserve, which is home to a community of 75 chimpanzees, with the hopes of collecting more data of the albino baby. The young chimpanzee looked no older than 19 days, but was the size of a two-week-old - albino animals tend to be smaller than those without the disorder. Researchers first observed the white infant on July 15, when it was being carried by its mother, known as UP.
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‘In addition, several deep cuts were visible on the head and the skull was cracked on the right side. ‘Substantial injuries were present in several body parts including the absence of the left hand and forearm, the index and middle fingers on the right hand, and the right ear,’ Maël Leroux, lead study author, and colleagues wrote in the study published in the American Journal of Primatology. Pictured is the dead infant in a tree while others investigate its body The first known wild chimpanzee with albinism was spotted in Uganda, but the rare 19-day-old animal was brutally killed by its fellow pack just days after the initial sighting. The scientists were able to recover the body three hours after the infant’s death, allowing them to assess injuries made by its fellow pack. The chimpanzees took the carcass up into a tree, where they inspected it by sniffing the infant, stroking it and sticking their fingers in its anus. Just after 7:30am, the team saw an alpha male trek out of a nearby thicket while holding just an arm of the baby albino, according to the findings, which have only just been published.Ī number of other chimps came rushing in, which began biting the fingers, leg, and ears of the screaming infant that was eventually taken by an adult female who started gnawing at its head - putting an end to the baby's life.
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