# Would a chimp eat a dog? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902 "2016-07-14T15:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/1 "2016-07-14T15:32:36Z")
[Here’s an adorable video](https://www.facebook.com/456933097667724/videos/1360329820661376/) of a little chimp hugging on a dog. Knowing how mean chimps get when they get older, I wondered, is a sizeable dog like this something they would likely see either as food or maybe some toy to take out agressions on? [No, don’t need answer fast.] ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/2 "2016-07-14T15:35:33Z")
Chimps are dangerous but generaly not real brave when it comes to a fight. They like to feel like it is a sure thing and they won’t get hurt. I doubt they would attack a large dog that appeared healthy. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/3 "2016-07-14T16:25:47Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Chimps are dangerous but generaly not real brave when it comes to a fight. They like to feel like it is a sure thing and they won’t get hurt. I doubt they would attack a large dog that appeared healthy. I think that would apply to a single chimp versus a single healthy dog who is on the defensive. A well fed Chimp isn’t likely to take on an average sized dog, however a hungry group of chimps in a hunting pack, given the right circumstances, might try to corner and kill a dog, especially a wounded dog. If it was a a group of chimps versus a pack of dogs I would think the chimps would look for some easier prey. Remember that chimps can use crude tools, so a chimp beating a dog to death with a large stick is not out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/4 "2016-07-15T01:23:01Z")
In their natural habitat they don’t normally eat canines. One kept in captivity developing abnormal behaviors might do anything. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/5 "2016-07-15T01:29:11Z")
I’d eat a dog, and I’m sure my dogs would eat me if need be, in an emergency. It stands to reason that a dog would eat a jimp and a jimp would eat a dog in a similar situation. As for actually hunting and killing as regular prey, I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-chimp-eat-a-dog/759902/6 "2016-07-15T01:57:24Z")
Chimps are known to hunt and eat Bushpigs in their native environment, which can grow to 150 kg. However the chimps have always been observed hunting in packs. A lone chimp probably wouldn’t attack a large dog unless it was attacked first.