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sl8

(13,864 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:49 AM Dec 2017

Yes, that's a monkey grinding on top of a deer

Last edited Sun Dec 17, 2017, 04:19 PM - Edit history (1)

From https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/12/16/yes-thats-a-monkey-grinding-on-top-of-a-deer/?utm_term=.c357048f1fc6

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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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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Yes, that's a monkey grinding on top of a deer (Original Post) sl8 Dec 2017 OP
Oh dear! dewsgirl Dec 2017 #1
Wonder what a monkeer would look like? democratisphere Dec 2017 #2
Well, that's disturbing. sl8 Dec 2017 #3
Very! democratisphere Dec 2017 #5
God-schmod, I want my MonkeyDeer! 47of74 Dec 2017 #9
Love is strange shenmue Dec 2017 #4
Nice! sl8 Dec 2017 #6
:) shenmue Dec 2017 #7
This is nothing more than evolution at work..... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #8
Whoops SCantiGOP Dec 2017 #10

sl8

(13,864 posts)
6. Nice!
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:50 AM
Dec 2017

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

Ferrets are Cool

(21,109 posts)
8. This is nothing more than evolution at work.....
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:24 AM
Dec 2017

These monkeys have found that it feels nicer to scratch your ass on a carpet than on a sharp rock.
The ONLY surprising thing about this video is that the deer do not seem to mind.

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