Articles: Animal Communication
Chimpanzees exchange meat for sex
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Related animals: Camel, Chimpanzee

An article showing new research that reveals long-term sexual relationships between chimps based on exchanges of meat.


An article showing new research that reveals long-term sexual relationships between chimps based on exchanges of meat.
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Review by mlifshin (04/14/09 16:43:36):
In this article I was interested in the ideological evident in the scientists interpretation of their results. They use clinical language to cast the relationship in a very utilitarian light, almost like prostitution, by talking about how the behavior increases chances of fertilization and increases evolutionary advantage. To me the description of the relationship seems no different than human marriage, or other similar long term arrangements. I think the reluctance to view the relationship from an emotional perspective is again reflective of human's desire to distance our own behaviors from that of animals.