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    "title":"Chimps Hunting in Trees",

    "transcript":"\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EChimpanzees are smart, agile and crafty – and when they’re hungry, they can be lethal, as you’re about to see.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EHere in Tanzania, Africa, these chimps are hunting their next meal: Monkeys!!!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBut Colobus monkeys are worthy adversaries, able to stand their ground against predatory primates almost four times their size!!!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ETo try and outwit their pursuers, the Colobus lure the chimps higher and higher into the trees, where the smaller, lighter Colubus have an advantage – they can balance on branches the chimps would break.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis male Colobus holds his tail just barely out of the hunter chimp’s reach...\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EGiving the ahem! ‘women and children’ time to escape.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EWatching the chimps chase these Colobus is like watching the action\u002Dadventure version of a great chess match – with stakes of life and death.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBelow, a female chimp follows the action. No question who she’s rooting for.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis chimp is named “Frodo.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EHe climbs and climbs and makes a daring ‘leap of faith.’\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBut the Colobus isn’t afraid of racking up a little ‘hang time’ himself.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAfter all, these little guys can make huge leaps – even as high as 50 feet into the air!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThen, a wrong move – a Colobus leaps into the arms of death.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAnd the victors whoop it up good.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe young hunter displays his kill...\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EOnly to have the dominant chimp confiscate his prize. I guess these chimps are like the National Football League – no showboating here, especially when the tribe is hungry.\u003C/p\u003E",

    "description":"\u003Cp\u003EMany primates are vegetarian, but not these chimpanzees in Tanzania, as a group of colobus monkeys finds out.\u003C/p\u003E",
    
    
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