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![Frodo was unusually large and aggressive. He learned to throw rocks as a juvenile and became very accurate with his aim; he sometimes threw them at his human observers, often hitting and bruising them.[58] As an adult, he was one of the largest chimpanzees ever observed in the community, at about 113 pounds (51 kg) and remained quite aggressive.[56][21] He also became an excellent hunter of red colobus monkeys, and was also able to intimidate other chimpanzees into sharing their kills with him if he was unsuccessful.[20][22] From 1990 to 1995, Frodo killed 10% of the red colobus monkeys within his home range.[40] His large size and aggressive nature allowed him to attain high status in the group, while his brother Freud was alpha male. On October 2, 1997, while Freud and other community members were suffering from sarcoptic mange, Frodo attacked and defeated Freud, thus attaining the alpha male position.[20][21][22][23] Researchers speculated that Frodo was unaffected by the mange because he interacted less with the other apes, giving the parasite less opportunity to infect him.[23] After taking over the alpha male position, Frodo demonstrated his new power by protecting his vanquished brother from the other males; typically the former alpha is attacked by the other males and forced to leave the community for a period of time.[59]
As alpha male, Frodo maintained his position largely through intimidation.[20][56][22] He rarely groomed other males, and often demanded that other males groom him.[20][56][22] Frodo remained alpha male until becoming ill himself in 2002;[20][52][22][60] he was then defeated by a coalition of several males and spent most of the next two years alone, recovering from his wounds and illness.[20][52][22][60] He received antibiotics from the researchers, which likely helped his recovery.[61] In 2004, he once again began travelling with the rest of the community, but was unable to re-establish his alpha status.[20][52][22] In his later years, F…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxaixnhz747u4xcl5lah4jnz/bafkreibbutf6hwaduit3im34z2it77vp6lx736in2iht5ln2xj34rrjpuy)
