Chimpanzees exchange meat for sex

Are they sure it's representative? Like, bonobos have the reputation that they have the most sex of all apes and are constantly at it... while recently that idea has pretty much toppled. The same with chimpansees and meat I believe.
So, they studied them in a forest, but can they make sure that every society of chimpanzees does this all over the world?

If you're male then you pay for it one way or another.

Originally posted by Robtard
"Be a man." "Do the right thing."

Russel Peters?

Originally posted by Jovan
Are they sure it's representative? Like, bonobos have the reputation that they have the most sex of all apes and are constantly at it... while recently that idea has pretty much toppled. The same with chimpansees and meat I believe.
So, they studied them in a forest, but can they make sure that every society of chimpanzees does this all over the world?

They can't be sure it's representative based on one sample. That's one of the serious problems in scientific reporting for the public, discoveries are played as certain even when the actual scientists involved are probably much less than convinced that what they've seen is absolutely accurate.

Still, this makes sense and shouldn't be too hard to replicate in a few other places/

then why has it only been documented right now and not in zoos or other spotting places for chims?

Originally posted by Jovan
Are they sure it's representative? Like, bonobos have the reputation that they have the most sex of all apes and are constantly at it... while recently that idea has pretty much toppled. The same with chimpansees and meat I believe.
So, they studied them in a forest, but can they make sure that every society of chimpanzees does this all over the world?

I think this is an interesting point. It would be faulty to say, just now, that it applies to all chimps.

It is similar with the African Gray Parrot - apparently now more and more studies are being conducted which suggest they don't just repeat the noise they hear, but may be able to understand what they're saying.

Originally posted by Jovan
then why has it only been documented right now and not in zoos or other spotting places for chims?

Perhaps no one's been looking. The trades aren't immediate after all.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988169.stm

....thoughts?

...and they say humans are the evolved versions of primates. 😖mart:

even prostitution is rampant in the jungle. apparently, every body can catch the jungle fever.. for a good price. 😆

Originally posted by Bardock42
Regardless, that's a bit sexist, isn't it, dude?

How so? That's a bold accusation.

Originally posted by Doom and Gloom
If you're male then you pay for it one way or another.

Originally posted by Doom and Gloom
If you're male then you pay for it one way or another.

Someone's never heard of rape.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Someone's never heard of rape.

i saw a documentary and the spider monkeys were raping frogs.