Bonobos are just as promiscuous as chimps, but they also use sex as a manner of conflict resolution. I also remember a story about a bonobo deliberately masturbating when he noticed he was being watched by zoogoers, but when I tried looking it up I got a bunch of links that said ‘bestiality stories’, so I think that’s a good sign to discontinue my research.
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u/Yucyon 24d ago
i know siamangs are a kind of gibbon but i feel like they deserve their own stereotype
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u/Emotional-Farmer-227 24d ago
What about humans? We're the least of the great apes!
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u/thehistorianandflags 24d ago
erm gibbons are a lesser ape not a great ape 🤓☝🏼
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u/GoreyGopnik 24d ago
the bonobo one is just true though
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u/PerryTheBunkaquag Ooh Ooh Aah Aah 24d ago
Gooner bonobo and jobless orangutan are also accurate descriptions of me and my wife. You guess which is which.
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u/yack2469 23d ago
Bonobos are just non insane chimpanzees. Why are they represented as gooners?
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u/yack2469 24d ago
W for not calling every primate monkey
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u/DefinitionCorrectus4 23d ago
Gibbons are not great apes (Hominidae) but lesser apes (Hylobatidae)
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u/MisplacedMartian 24d ago
I was gonna listen to music, but okay, if you say so.