ABOVE Gimli (five years old) and Gizmo
(10) enjoy playing together. The bond
they have now could be
vital as they age – brothers often
form alliances in power struggles.
The ‘G’ dynasty is numerically large
but only has female adults, so there is
no current candidate for alpha maleLEFT With other members of the group
feeding on a baboon in the tree above,
34-year-old Pax waits patiently for
pieces of meat to drop down. As the sole
surviving member of the ‘P’ dynasty and
the lowest-ranking member of the group,
Pax never gets involved in hunting. If
he did catch a monkey he would simply
have it taken off him by other malesCHIMPANZEES