Sounds like a fun bunch.
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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That must be one heckuva interesting grant application.
LOLOLOL!!!!
That would be my guess!!
Sounds like a fun bunch.
The operative word being "may". Does anyone have a video of them asking the monkeys???
Doesn’t all that screaming and extra pelvic thrusting somehow add to global warming?
It drives the lions crazy...That’s why they roar!!
LOL - now how could anyone decide that I should be pinged to a thread about monkey sex? I am at a loss for words. Ooo, ooo, ooo, eee eee eee.
Larry Craig. Why do you ask?
LBFMs? I can hear it now, echoing through the jungles...’Take me to chief club...you number 10...I love you, no BS...take me to comissary’
Important for whom? The monkeys? Seems that all this is a huge waste of time and money since the monkeys appear to have everything all worked out. Who is going to benefit from this colossal waste of time and money? Or, perhaps the "scientists" involved were just looking for some new porn videos for their home collection?
So, where’s the pic of Bill Clinton with the caption “I’d hit it”?
Global warming though excessive SFH’s? (Severe Frictional Heat).
Porky’s was a great movie.
Pure genius.
I guess you are well know around these parts.
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