Posted on 12/19/2007 8:58:28 AM PST by llevrok
Female monkeys may shout during sex to help their male partners climax, research now reveals. Without these yells, male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) almost never ejaculated, scientists found. Female monkeys often utter loud, distinctive calls before, during or after sex. Their exact function, if any, has remained heavily debated. Counting pelvic thrusts To investigate the purpose behind these calls, scientists at the German Primate Center in Göttingen focused on Barbary macaques for two years in a nature reserve in Gibraltar. The researchers found that females yelled during 86 percent of all sexual encounters. When females shouted, males ejaculated 59 percent of the time. However, when females did not holler, males ejaculated less than 2 percent of the time. To see if yelling resulted from how vigorous the sex was, the scientists counted the number of pelvic thrusts males gave and timed when they happened. They found when shouting occurred, thrusting increased. In other words, hollering led to more vigorous sex. Counting monkey pelvic thrusts is admittedly "quite weird, but it's science," researcher Dana Pfefferle, a behavioral scientist and primatologist at the German Primate Center, told LiveScience. "You get used to it." Quite promiscuous Male and female Barbary macaques are promiscuous, often having sex with many partners. This means sperm levels can get quite drained. The females shout when they are most fertile, so males can make the most use of their sperm. Pfefferle noted her research suggests these calls might also make females more attractive to other males. She added these shouts might play different roles in other species.
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Because they’re good at it?
I can see this thread going downhill fast. This one has potential.
It’s just a jump to the left.
And then a step to the right.
With your hands on your hips.
You bring your knees in tight.
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let’s do the time-warp again.
I don’t see anything about shouts here.
for the same reason NFL receivers dance in the endzone.
What kind of pervert even dreams up doing this “research”?
Thread with much promise going nowhere ping. Please feel free to bring to the attention of the appropriate parties.
My Oh My... this one is a ping list must.
I remember when FReepers would be all over a thread like this. < /curmudgeon voice>
So the krauts spent 2 years in a Preserve observing how they masturbate...so this is where “spanking the monkey” comes from.
Monkey Tard Ping....
EveningStar is on vacation - and, I agreed to help in his absense.
Being anthropologist and all, I thought this was important information.
The Germans haven’t been the same since they lost the desire to conquer the world.
Man’s got to know his limitations.
Heck, it happens to me all the time. “Are we doing it yet?” or something like that...
"Oh, baby, you're the best!!!"
Thanks for pinging the usual suspects, Slim
Whatever you do...don’t yell out my name! ;^)
I couldn’t stand seeing this one going to waste.
Or in my house, "Are you done yet? Letterman is just starting...."
no one has screamed yet.
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