John_Maxwell_IV comments on The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 04 September 2014 11:04:32PM 2 points [-]

I'm not claiming that they're some paragon of peace and cooperation, just that they seem substantially more peaceful and cooperative than humans do. E.g.

"There has never been a recorded case in captivity or in the wild of a bonobo killing another bonobo," notes anthropologist Brian Hare.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/bonobos.jsp

Comment author: Azathoth123 13 September 2014 06:50:01PM 4 points [-]

How many bonobos are there in captivity? How many non-bonobo chimps have killed other chimps?