The community has a history of infanticide, so it's impossible to say whether or not the chimp was killed because of its albinism.
For the first time on record, researchers in Uganda spotted an albino baby chimp interacting with other chimps in the wild. Several days after the sighting, however, the chimp was killed by the elders of the community.American Journal of Primatology
Because both apes were captured, researchers say that there have been no known observations of an ape with albinism interacting with others in its natural environment. That is, until now. Several days later, on July 19, Leroux and a colleague found a group of chimpanzees again producing alarm calls and waa barks. The chimps were hidden within a dense thicket, rendering it impossible for researchers to determine which chimps were gathered; however, because of the screams, observers knew that an"aggressive interaction" was taking place among the group.
"It is, therefore, possible that the infant with albinism would have become a victim of infanticide regardless of its appearance.""Community members of both sexes often show signs of curiosity towards a newborn upon first sighting, such as grooming the mother or looking attentively at the newborn, touching, or grooming it," he says in the study.
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