Driver 8
Mar 6, 2006, 8:45 AM
As you may already know, there's a species of apes called the bonobos (http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/nation/13917229.htm), which are all bi, and which are more peaceable, more friendly, and cuter than other apes.
Now, I'm not suggesting that we can generalize from bonobos to bi humans. Clearly more research is needed. (If you are interested in funding this much-needed work, I take cash, checks, and PayPal.)
However! The bonobos are at real risk of extinction (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/05/bonobo.disappearing.ap/index.html), and perhaps it is time for our community to reach out to our fuzzy brothers and sisters up in the trees.
Here are some quote for those too lazy to click through to the articles:
""Bonobos are territorial too," de Waal said, "and when they meet at the borders of their territories, they scream and chase each other and stuff. But very soon they start what is called mingling." The juvenile chimps of the opposing sides start play wrestling and cavorting, the adult females engage each other in sex, as do the males. Pretty soon episodes of heterosexual lovemaking ensue."
(I personally am going to start calling what goes on in the private messages and rooms "mingling.")
"Hunters in Congo's Equator province say the apes are most easily captured when asleep drunk, so poachers intoxicate them with beer and palm wine. "
... I wonder if I can get some palm wine for my next party? We can see if it's effective on bi humans too. This is part of that research I was talking about.
Now, I'm not suggesting that we can generalize from bonobos to bi humans. Clearly more research is needed. (If you are interested in funding this much-needed work, I take cash, checks, and PayPal.)
However! The bonobos are at real risk of extinction (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/05/bonobo.disappearing.ap/index.html), and perhaps it is time for our community to reach out to our fuzzy brothers and sisters up in the trees.
Here are some quote for those too lazy to click through to the articles:
""Bonobos are territorial too," de Waal said, "and when they meet at the borders of their territories, they scream and chase each other and stuff. But very soon they start what is called mingling." The juvenile chimps of the opposing sides start play wrestling and cavorting, the adult females engage each other in sex, as do the males. Pretty soon episodes of heterosexual lovemaking ensue."
(I personally am going to start calling what goes on in the private messages and rooms "mingling.")
"Hunters in Congo's Equator province say the apes are most easily captured when asleep drunk, so poachers intoxicate them with beer and palm wine. "
... I wonder if I can get some palm wine for my next party? We can see if it's effective on bi humans too. This is part of that research I was talking about.