Do Chimps Go for the Balls?

Aggression is a common part of the chimpanzee behavior, whether it's between or within groups. They can show tremendous mutilation. They go for the face; they go for the hands and feet; they go for the testicles. To outsiders, they have very nasty behaviors.

Do chimps eat genitals?

“They'll tear off pieces of the body, often the genitalia, and sometimes they'll rip the throat out. It's really horrific, the sorts of damage they do,” said Michael Wilson, a University of Minnesota evolutionary anthropologist who has studied chimps in the wild.

Why do chimps grab each others balls?

Following a big fight between two males, chimps will reassure each other with a quick “testicle bounce.” “They will take their hand and bounce each other's testicles,” says psychologist Roger Fouts, a psychology professor at Central Washington University who has studied chimpanzees for 30 years.