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Actually, Syl is right, Dolphins are the only mammals other than humans that have sex for fun. All others come into "season".
Bonobos have sex for conflict-resolution, and, IIRC, something about the social hierarchy.
Actually, I only mentioned it because a number of countries have just signed the Kinshasa Declaration, pledging protection for Central Africa's great apes, including the Bonobo, (who've had a forest reserve set aside for them in the DRC.) The numbers of the Bonobo have dropped from 100,000 to about 10,000 in the last 20 years or so.
They're also the primates who share the greatest percentage of DNA with humans: Their genetic structure differs from ours by only 1.6%.
For anyone who's interested:
Bonobos share 98.4% of our DNA, Gorillas 97.7% Orangutans 96.4% and Chimpanzees 96%.
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Bonobos have sex for conflict-resolution, and, IIRC, something about the social hierarchy.
Actually, I only mentioned it because a number of countries have just signed the Kinshasa Declaration, pledging protection for Central Africa's great apes, including the Bonobo, (who've had a forest reserve set aside for them in the DRC.) The numbers of the Bonobo have dropped from 100,000 to about 10,000 in the last 20 years or so.
They're also the primates who share the greatest percentage of DNA with humans: Their genetic structure differs from ours by only 1.6%.
For anyone who's interested:
Bonobos share 98.4% of our DNA, Gorillas 97.7% Orangutans 96.4% and Chimpanzees 96%.
Kinshasa Declaration
(You weren't wrong at all Prebe. It's just that they don't do it for "fun".)
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Intersting about the bonobo being more similar that Chimpanszee. Are you sure about the figures?
According to presently accepted phylogeny humans closest living relation is the chimp. But then again, I always thought that the bonnobo was a chimp.
I'm not a zoologist (I'm sure you have found out by now
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According to presently accepted phylogeny humans closest living relation is the chimp. But then again, I always thought that the bonnobo was a chimp.
I'm not a zoologist (I'm sure you have found out by now
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Thanks Av. I'm sure the figures are correct. You can get quite a variation in genetic similarity measurements, depending on what genes you look at. There is some divergence of the methods used, that might easily account for 1-2 % differences.
Typically, you will find larger differences in genes without much adaptive significance.
Typically, you will find larger differences in genes without much adaptive significance.
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LMAO! So they have a monkey-orgy, and the last chimp standing[ wins?Avatar wrote:Bonobos have sex for conflict-resolution, and, IIRC, something about the social hierarchy.
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No. They're monkeys....I bet they call it spanking the human.
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I still like "Punching the clown." I'm beginning to wonder, though, why all of our conversations seem to bend into this topic after awhile.
(I'm still waiting for the opportunity to use "Clown Punching" in a sentence in everyday life, though.)
(I'm still waiting for the opportunity to use "Clown Punching" in a sentence in everyday life, though.)
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*winces* You couldn't have picked a different word????Plissken wrote:I'm beginning to wonder, though, why all of our conversations seem to bend...
Nice!sgtnull wrote:Monkey Orgy would be a great name for a band.
Last Chimp Standing would be their first album.
Poo Flinging would be their first single.
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*just sighs and hurries out of the thread...*
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
It's simple...
"Hey man, leaving early today?"
"Yeah, got some stuff to do."
"Really, what'cha got?
"Well, I figure I'll run home, if the wife's not there, punch my clown, then cut the grass."
"Excellent!"
"Hey man, leaving early today?"
"Yeah, got some stuff to do."
"Really, what'cha got?
"Well, I figure I'll run home, if the wife's not there, punch my clown, then cut the grass."
"Excellent!"
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Ha!sgtnull wrote:punching the clown has all sorts of meanings in my household.
Thanks for the laugh.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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