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Yes, that's a monkey grinding on top of a deer
Last edited Sun Dec 17, 2017, 04:19 PM - Edit history (1)
Yes, that’s a monkey grinding on top of a deer
By Kristine Phillips December 16 at 6:21 PM
After spending a few months observing macaque monkeys living in a Japanese forest, a group of scientists found a pattern of behavior they described as both “unusual” and “intriguing.”
Adolescent female macaques climbed on top of a sika deer and crouched. Then, they moved their pelvises as if thrusting or grinding. They squeaked sexual sounds. They also bit, sniffed and pulled on the deer’s antlers.
The deer, meanwhile, stood nonchalantly and continued foraging for food.
When the deer walked away, the female monkeys “often displayed sexually motivated tantrums which consist of crouching on the ground, body spasms and screaming, while gazing at the deer,” the scientists wrote in a peer-reviewed study published this week in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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By Kristine Phillips December 16 at 6:21 PM
After spending a few months observing macaque monkeys living in a Japanese forest, a group of scientists found a pattern of behavior they described as both “unusual” and “intriguing.”
Adolescent female macaques climbed on top of a sika deer and crouched. Then, they moved their pelvises as if thrusting or grinding. They squeaked sexual sounds. They also bit, sniffed and pulled on the deer’s antlers.
The deer, meanwhile, stood nonchalantly and continued foraging for food.
When the deer walked away, the female monkeys “often displayed sexually motivated tantrums which consist of crouching on the ground, body spasms and screaming, while gazing at the deer,” the scientists wrote in a peer-reviewed study published this week in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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More at link.
Link to report abstract, "Deer Mates: A Quantitative Study of Heterospecific Sexual Behaviors Performed by Japanese Macaques Toward Sika Deer"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-1129-8
Link to abstract of earlier report, involving male macaque and deer:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4
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I remember the Mickey & Sylvia version, but then, I'm old.
On edit:
I had no idea that song was covered by so many popular artists:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Strange
I wandered into the bestial pervert forum.
