IN the jungle: “Male macaque monkeys ‘pay’ for sex with females by grooming them, scientists have revealed.”
Then:
The availability of females even affects the “price”. Where there are fewer females, males are forced to groom their partners for up to twice as long before they are able to have sex, the research found.
Sexual activity among a 50-strong group of long-tailed macaques in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia, increased after bouts of male-to-female grooming, according to findings published in Animal Behaviour journal and reported in New Scientist.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
No, but if he starts picking the fleas out of your hair and eating them, you know you’re on a promise.
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:13 am
It’s not really paying though is it?
Or am I a prostitute every time my boyfriend buys me a drink (which is almost never)?