aggressive chimp?

• by mantide

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  talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0004z10

  Posted July 30, 2015 1:31 PM

• by AnLand moderator

  I actually don't think that this is a chimp. The scene is very long (almost 30 minutes) and I could not get one reasonable look at the "destroyer". At other sites, the leopards have been messing with the camera frequently. I cannot see here the typical leopard coloration and also do not think that a leopard would be so persistent to play with the camera. I cannot re-call whether we had a chimp messing with the camera like this. Some youngsters were interested, but that's all.

  I really have no idea. There is fur and the animal (if that here is an arm, what I think) does not seem to be very big. I don't know whether squirrel would do such thing?

  Posted July 30, 2015 6:25 PM

• by jwidness moderator

  I agree that I don't think it's a chimp. I wonder if it could be a hyrax?

  Posted July 30, 2015 7:24 PM

• by ksigler moderator

  Very cool! I want to watch more, but so far, I vote rat.

  Posted July 30, 2015 7:34 PM

• by AnLand moderator

  I think, it must be an animal that is using its hands like squirrels or rats (good idea, @kisgler). I did not see enough from the hyrax (hyraxes???) to know about this. And of course, a hyrax is quite big in my impression.

  Posted July 30, 2015 8:03 PM

• by yshish moderator

  If you're bored and have nothing better to do, here you have some more! Enjoy your investigation 😉 (The first one is my favourite!)

  ACP0004z0z || ACP0004z10 || ACP0004z11 || ACP0004z12 || ACP0004z13 || ACP0004z14 || ACP0004z15 || ACP0004z16 || ACP0004z17 || ACP0004z18 || ACP0004z19

  Posted July 30, 2015 9:22 PM

• by ksigler moderator in response to yshish's comment.

  Hahaha, nothing better to do? If there was a tv channel for watching animals mess with cameras, I would probably have it on 24/7! Especially when they're as persistently curious as this little one. (Discovery Channel, are you listening?)

  Thanks also to @mantide for finding this gem, btw. 😃

  Good view of the head at about :03 seconds in: ACP0004z01

  Posted July 30, 2015 11:37 PM

• by yshish moderator in response to ksigler's comment.

  Yay, I totally understand you! 😉 (I'm just too busy with other stuff to be able to watch anything in TV)

  ACP0004z0z Have you seen its eye? 😃

  Posted July 30, 2015 11:49 PM

• by ksigler moderator in response to yshish's comment.

  Definitely looks like a rat!!

  Posted July 31, 2015 1:38 PM

• by AnLand moderator

  Look, what @JoHB found ACP0004z38. He thinks, it might be a honey-badger. What do you think?

  

  Posted August 14, 2015 5:49 AM

• by yshish moderator

  Agree, it does look like one to me.

  Posted August 14, 2015 10:25 AM

• by ksigler moderator in response to AnLand's comment.

  Yay, mystery solved!! Good work, @JoHB (and @AnLand). 😄

  Posted August 14, 2015 12:08 PM

• by jwidness moderator

  Awesome! And it ended up being something none of us had guessed 😛

  Posted August 14, 2015 3:26 PM

• by DZM admin

  Honey badger don't care. 😃

  Posted August 14, 2015 6:21 PM

• by ksigler moderator

  Lol @DZM And this is excellent proof! What an ordeal that poor camera went through. I found this clip - ACP0004z0j - that I think may be one of the field team members discovering and documenting the damage. Wish we could see the photos. 😃

  Posted August 14, 2015 7:14 PM