Male Monkeys 'Pay' Females for Sex, Study Finds

fox news ^ | 1/3/2007 | fox news

[tobyhill]

Mating may be a natural instinct, but monkey business doesn't come free for male macaques who have to "pay" females for their affections, the AFP reported Wednesday.

According to the report, a study of the primates conducted by Michael Gumert of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore found that the male monkeys must first groom the female before she will permit sex. The males use grooming as a form of currency to buy sex from the female, the study found.

[llevrok]

But do the males cuddle after or do they roll over and sleep?

[Hacklehead]

Sluts

[tobyhill]

If some woman thinks I’m obligated to pick the lice off her a** I’m out of there.

[mrmargaritaville]

not sure but they have been known to reach for a cigarette-well everywhere except NY, OH and Calif.

[marktwain]

“I’ll be more impressed when the monkeys learn that you aren’t paying for the sex, you are paying for the girl to leave afterward.”

ROTFLMAO

[tobyhill]

Kind of related story

“Warrant: Cop Allegedly Paid Hooker With Wife’s Shoes, Clothes”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319868,00.html

[BlazingArizona]

macaques
That's racist!

Only if you're speaking French.

[BlazingArizona]

“Another blonde hair! Been doing some more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp again!”

[weegee]

This is payment like giving a woman a backrub is payment.

[sure_fine]

” I believe they “proved” the same thing with Penguins and their pebble offering.”

I think the tap dancing penquin wins

[Gorzaloon]

I'll have you know a true lady's favors cannot be bought, even with diamonds (unless they're a minimum 3ct with VS1 clarity and F color . . . ).

I feel special considering what a 1 carat VS1 G did, then...and THAT was like going for a ride through a brush chipper impressive.

Not sure if I am young enough to survive better.

[weegee]

They go out to smoke some banana peels...

[Southerngl]

It’s called foreplay...

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YOU SAID IT SAC!! Hehe, I wasn’t going there, but you said exactly what I meant.

[Vision]

The males use grooming as a form of currency to buy sex from the female, the study found.

Interesting conclusion. I wonder why the author considered the grooming currency, instead of affection.

[Vaquero]

sounds more like foreplay than payment.

[Sacajaweau]

He jumps up and beats his chest. It’s where money “SHINES” comes from.

[Tanniker Smith]

Male Monkeys 'Pay' Females for Sex, Study Finds

Oh, man ... so many punch lines and they're all just so wrong.

[Sacajaweau]

So, we've concluded it's men who are the "nit-pickers".

I think it's a trick...Looks like she can't talk in that "nit-picking" position.

[samtheman]

Left to her own desires, a female macaque mates about 1.5 times an hour, but that rate jumps to 3.5 times an hour when the male partner first provided grooming services, the study found.

Talk about a cheap date.