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Description: Selection of stone throwing behaviour from wild chimpanzees in Western Africa: the behaviour ranges from carefully placing stones inside hollow trunks to full-on hurling. For the full story behind how we discovered and recorded this behaviour visit: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep22219 and read my blog: https://theconversation.com/mysterious-chimpanzee-behaviour-may-be-evidence-of-sacred-rituals-55512#