On Feb. 3, 2006, six females from an African chimpanzee community attacked a female from outside their group that was holding a 1-week-old infant. Bloodied and screaming, the outsider tried to flee. The attackers, five carrying their own infants, caught her and pounded on her back. Three adult males from the community tried unsuccessfully to break up the assault.
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