Monkey Porn
The Guardian reports that Male Rhesus monkeys will “pay” to look at pictures of female monkey booty. The monkeys will accept a cut in their juice rations in order to ogle the backside of a female. They will also pay to look at pictures of high-status individuals, but had to be paid extra juice to look at pictures of socially inferior monkeys.
As you are probably aware, we humans also have a tendancy to look at both pornography and magazines stuffed full of desperately dull celebrity photos.
The study was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Cure Autism Now Foundation. What do the viewing habits of monkeys have to do with autism, you ask? Michael Platt, of Duke University where the research was conducted, explains:
One of the main problems in people with autism is that they don’t find it very motivating to look at other individuals, and even when they do, they can’t seem to assess information about that individual’s importance, intentions or expression
They plan to study female viewing preferences next.
—UPDATE: Monkeys with laser guns. Ape-ageddon approaches!
February 15th, 2005 at 15:06
I give it a couple of years before they figure out they can get all their bottom-viewing needs on Teh Intarweb for free. Who need cut juice rations when you have that?
February 17th, 2005 at 06:22
LoL I read that this weekend in our local rag mag, hysterical.
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August 22nd, 2006 at 14:53
Monkey porn!? whatever next!!???
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