Wild Chimps Outwit Human hunters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8962000/8962747.stm

Researchers have found male chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea successfully deactiving snares put out by hunters. This practice has not yet been seen in other chimpanzee populations.

Snares can seriously injure chimpanzees often causing them to lose limbs and can be fatal as well. The researchers are unsure how the chimpanzees learned the skill as trial and error would be almost impossible. It appears as  if the animals “knew” which parts not to touch as they explicitly avoided them.