I love memoirs of the Democrat Convention!
Bonobos, while they have this goofy, hippy reputation, are (I hear)particularly adept at getting the nooky but holding on to the banana.
So to speak.
You do an injustice to the poor apes - if we were to discover Democrat-style governance and organization amongst colonies of barnacles, it would be hopelessly backward and retrograde even by barnacle standards.