>Yes, monkeys are having sex with deer. Why would they do that?
>It isn't the first time two wildly different species have gotten a little wild.
>Most humans don't expect all sex to be procreative. There are so, so many ways in which consenting adults can conspire to get freaky without making babies.
>We're not the only species that enjoys sex as more than a means to an evolutionary end. Bonobos practically build their (peaceful and matriarchal) society on the exchange of sexual favors. There are gay creatures all over the animal kingdom. Scientists even caught brown bears engaging in oral sex.
>Even if you're uncomfortable with the idea, there are a lot of animal sexual shenanigans in the world. And sometimes they happen between totally different species. A recent study in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior highlights a newly-discovered instance of interspecies intercourse in central Japan: apparently, adolescent female Japanese macaques have taken to mounting sika deer.
>It would be kind of adorable if monkeys were just hitching rides on the back of their long-legged neighbors (which they sometimes do), but researchers say they've determined this ritual is sexual in nature. They think it could be the start of a new social trend, with young macaques females - who are known to mount one another in a sexual fashion - gradually picking up the idea that sika stags can provide release.
>"We first witnessed this behavior in 2014, and the locals who interact with this population on a daily basis had never noticed it before then. So we were quite lucky, because I think we witnessed the start of it," study author Noelle Gunst-Leca of the University of Lethbridge told PopSci.
https://www.popsci.com/why-monkeys-have-sex-with-deer/
At least two of you are getting off to this right now.
>It isn't the first time two wildly different species have gotten a little wild.
>Most humans don't expect all sex to be procreative. There are so, so many ways in which consenting adults can conspire to get freaky without making babies.
>We're not the only species that enjoys sex as more than a means to an evolutionary end. Bonobos practically build their (peaceful and matriarchal) society on the exchange of sexual favors. There are gay creatures all over the animal kingdom. Scientists even caught brown bears engaging in oral sex.
>Even if you're uncomfortable with the idea, there are a lot of animal sexual shenanigans in the world. And sometimes they happen between totally different species. A recent study in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior highlights a newly-discovered instance of interspecies intercourse in central Japan: apparently, adolescent female Japanese macaques have taken to mounting sika deer.
>It would be kind of adorable if monkeys were just hitching rides on the back of their long-legged neighbors (which they sometimes do), but researchers say they've determined this ritual is sexual in nature. They think it could be the start of a new social trend, with young macaques females - who are known to mount one another in a sexual fashion - gradually picking up the idea that sika stags can provide release.
>"We first witnessed this behavior in 2014, and the locals who interact with this population on a daily basis had never noticed it before then. So we were quite lucky, because I think we witnessed the start of it," study author Noelle Gunst-Leca of the University of Lethbridge told PopSci.
https://www.popsci.com/why-monkeys-have-sex-with-deer/
At least two of you are getting off to this right now.
