Our closest Ancestors, Drunken Hunters?

I tivo'd a show on Chimpanzee's that I have been watching bits of every morning when I eat breakfast. Seeing as how chimpanzee's are our closest relatives, I thought it would offer some incite into a more natural diet for humans. I found it very interesting to find that there diet is primarily sweet fruits and what ever they can kill. That's right, those cute little animals are actually hunters.




The show went into detail about how they can often be found hunting monkeys, because, well they like the taste of meat. Can you blame them??
On a side note, the african natives are also making a type of banana liquor, by fermenting banana's that the chimps really like. However, the animals are starting to attack human babies local scientists think that this liquor may have something to do with it.

The chimpanzee's are also known to enjoy the occasional tree trunk full of honey, when ever they can find it.

If you haven't seen it yet, you should also check out the Planet Earth - Jungle episode, in which a tribe on chimps attack another tribe for control over a fig tree. I don't want to ruin it for you, but it is not for the squimish.