Female monkeys may shout during sex to help their male partners climax, research now reveals.
Without these yells, male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) almost never ejaculated, scientists found.
Female monkeys often utter loud, distinctive calls before, during or after sex. Their exact function, if any, has remained heavily debated.
Counting pelvic thrusts
To investigate the purpose behind these calls, scientists at the German Primate Center in Göttingen focused on Barbary macaques for two years in a nature reserve in Gibraltar.
The researchers found that females yelled during 86 percent of all sexual encounters. When females shouted, males ejaculated 59 percent of the time. However, when females did not holler, males ejaculated less than 2 percent of the time.
To see if yelling resulted from how vigorous the sex was, the scientists counted the number of pelvic thrusts males gave and timed when they happened. They found when shouting occurred, thrusting increased. In other words, hollering led to more vigorous sex.
Counting monkey pelvic thrusts is admittedly “quite weird, but it’s science,” researcher Dana Pfefferle, a behavioral scientist and primatologist at the German Primate Center, told LiveScience. “You get used to it.”
Quite promiscuous
Male and female Barbary macaques are promiscuous, often having sex with many partners. This means sperm levels can get quite drained. The females shout when they are most fertile, so males can make the most use of their sperm.
Pfefferle noted her research suggests these calls might also make females more attractive to other males. She added these shouts might play different roles in other species.
Pfefferle and her colleagues detailed their findings online Dec. 18 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
12/12/2007
Summer Lambert had made an early-morning stop at the local Wal-Mart store when a strange man walked up and handed her an envelop. It contained a Christmas card and $50 in cash.
It was just one such encounter reported by staff and customers of local businesses this holiday shopping season. A “Mystery Santa” has been approaching perfect strangers and handing out the cards and cash.
The incidents follow receipt of a card and letter by the local newspaper in which the anonymous sender said he plans to hand out $600 in cash this holiday season.
The man said his goal is to “open a heart or two” this holiday season.
Information from: Rutland Herald, http://www.rutlandherald.com
We’ve all been there. You’re walking along, enjoying a nice walk, when all of the sudden you’re confronted by an alcoholic bum who would like some cash. They want to make you think they will use the money for food or gas or something useful, but you know they are just going to go buy some booze.
Well, I think that this is an occasion where giving the bum some counterfeit money is ok.
Think about it. Let’s say he gets caught. Will he be any worse off? Probably not. At least he would get a place to stay for the night and possibly a meal. On the flip side - what if he can pass the phony money as real money? Well, then he’ll get some real cash, which will only hurt dumb business owners. Win, win, win.
I’m tellin you - passing fake money to bums is a GOOD idea…take it for what it’s worth.
~CheesePlay
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Steve and Billy have allowed me to tag along as they begin the next chapters of their lives. Life after Nebraska…
For those of you who do not know, Steve Pederson and Bill Callahan have recently been “let go” by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL). The university claims that they did not perform up to the level Nebraska is used to…”winning”. As you can see, Steve and Billy could not be happier. And why shouldn’t they be?…they have earned it.
I don’t know about you, but I have yet to find a way to get paid for being fired! ~Thanks Harvey.
