Dirty Hairy? Maybe a chimp can shoot a gun

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 16:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

In a viral ad campaign, producers of the upcoming film "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" have released a series of videos showing weapon-wielding apes. Stylized to look like documentary footage out of Africa, one video features a chimp shooting an AK-47 at a group of off-duty soldiers who had been taunting it. Another clip shows a chimp hacking a carcass to bits with a machete.

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