Then in November termite season starts with the rains, and the cycle continues. Tool Use Making and using tools was once thought to be a uniquely human attribute. However, chimpanzees make and use many simple tools, most of which help them to get more food. Termite Fishing A chimp selects a thin flexible grass or vine stem. It then digs with its fingers to expose a tunnel in a termite mound, and carefully inserts the tool.
Termites bite the stem and can thus be pulled out and eaten by the chimp.
Females in particular become very skilful, and can catch termites even during the dry season when the termites are deeper and harder to get. Tools are tailored to the requirements of the sites, but normally average 30 cms long. In Mahale Mountains, NP, chimps user a similar technique for catching ants that live in dead tree trunks. These fiercely biting nomadic ants from temporary nests in holes in the ground. Then it stands as for as possible form then and nest and inserts the tool.