From Frans de Waal’s Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are:
They [bonobos] simply have no shame, no modesty, no inhibitions other than the wish to avoid trouble with rivals. When two bonobos couple, the young sometimes jump on top of them to take a peek at the details. Or another adult may move in and press her swelling against one of them to take part in the fun. Sexuality is more often shared than contested. A female may lie on her back masturbating in the open, and no one will blink an eye. She moves her fingers rapidly up and down through her vulva, but can also assign a foot to the job, keeping her hands free to groom her infant.
The bonobo is also the quadrumanual ape.
sounds like your typical OWS crowd…..
I feel like my feet have been slacking…
Your bonobo-as-hippie cheerleader Frans de Waal has NEVER SEEN A WILD BONOBO.
@3, fnarf. i think you are wrong about that.
I find myself envious of the bonobo
Ah yes, family planning and sexuality lessons from chimps and an African.
No thanks.
@4, http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/…
“It is one of the oddities of the bonobo world—and a source of frustration to some—that Frans de Waal, of Emory University, the high-profile Dutch primatologist and writer, who is the most frequently quoted authority on the species, has never seen a wild bonobo.”
@3/7, fnarf, I think you are right about that
“bonobo-as-hippie cheerleader” may be the best string of adjectives I’ve read all year. I wonder if he writes that on the “occupation” line of his income tax form?