griller 9 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I love monkeys, studied their behaviour and wanted to be a zoologist when I was younger. Anyhows, read this today, found it very interesting and thought I would share. ( Wonder if the thread will get attention with that subject ) Quote: Female chimpanzees living in the wild have been found to engage in a form of prostitution by offering sex in exchange for meat from male chimps. Scientists have found that the bartering of meat for sex takes place over long periods of time and forms part of the social fabric of a troop of wild chimps living in the Tai National Park in the Cote d'Ivoire. Anthropologists have previously suggested that early human societies engaged in meat-for-sex behaviour with the best male hunters having the greatest number of sexual partners. The latest findings support the hypothesis, scientists said. "Our results strongly suggest that wild chimpanzees exchange meat for sex, and do so on a long-term basis," said Cristina Gomes of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. "Males who shared meat with females doubled their mating success, whereas females, who had difficulty obtaining meat on their own, increased their calorific intake without the energetic costs and potential risk of injury related to hunting," Dr Gomes said. Both male and female chimpanzees are sexually promiscuous but males who share their meat with females are rewarded with more copulations, the scientists found in a study published on-line in the Public Library of Science. "Previous studies might not have found a link because they focused on short-term exchanges, or perhaps in those groups access to females was driven by male coercion so females rarely chose their mating partners," Dr Gomes said. "This will have an impact on our studies of men and women." Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sounds a bit bit like the "sex for LV handbags" as can be witnessed in Tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I freaking hate monkeys. They won't get my meat. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 What's so different between us and them. Don't give me the wearing pants or not... some of us don't wear pants anyways. I heard some survey on CNN. 50% of the American women replied that they would marry an ugly guy if he were an millionaire . Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday I freaking hate monkeys. They won't get my meat. Forget meat - don't go near them with birthday cake ! Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Monkeys are entertaining. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Those LV bags don't even look good. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Yeah, LV bags = bad taste imo. Meat is a better deal. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Monkey News on SJ. KP would be proud. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Monkey news is good. How are those chaps in Shiga Kogen doing I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Originally Posted By: ger Yeah, LV bags = bad taste imo. Meat is a better deal. The trade isn't such a good deal though - I'd take a Tokyo girl over an angry extremity-gnawing chimpanzee anyday! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I would never use one of those things (and LV handbag). Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I had an LV wallet. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 had to work hard for that Link to post Share on other sites
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