Unleash your animal instincts
If studying the mating habits of macaques means getting to hang out by relaxing hot springs, then sign me up:
Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. “In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all,” Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said in a telephone interview Saturday.
…Gumert found after a male grooms a female, the likelihood that she will engage in sexual activity with the male was about three times more than if the grooming had not occurred.
We have an opportunity then, to conduct a little social experiment to see how much in common we have with these creatures. Now - all the men who are so inclined, please examine the picture below and tell us whether the promise of a passionate encounter with this fine specimen is enough to get you running your fingers through that head of hair like a meaty comb.
Does her coat have mange? Oh, one word, Shampoo!
The way to a female macaque’s um-er-ah-heart may be a head rub but with female humans it’s a good foot massage.
That reminds me to take a shower.
As one with mismatched chromosomes, I can safely say we are pigs. The only honest answer to your question is, “In a New York minute.”