Onlookers at the Bronx Zoo were both shocked and amused at the site of two gorillas engaging in some happy sex. As little as 100 years ago this would elicit a big yawn from a majority of humanity as they lived on farms and saw sexual activity all the time. Later tourists saw the female gorilla smoking a cigarette in the corner happily sporting a contented smile.
Last time I was at the Bronx Zoo, the bears were going at it. A little kid thought they were fighting.
And to quote:
“I was shocked and had no idea that was a ‘natural’ act,” the videographer, who has opted to remain anonymous, told The Post of the steamy spectacle, which he captured while visiting the iconic NYC zoo with his family.
Shocked? Was the videographer an 18 y/o that thought they had invented it? I’d remain anonymous too if I actually thought that.
It’s the Bronx Zoo. The gorillas obviously learned about it from those insidious pornographers in the city. Maybe from some of the remaining sex-shop owners down near 42nd street. Because respectable gorillas in the wild would never indulge in anything so perverted.
I mean, I’m not shocked, but in 57 years on Earth I did not know that animal species other than humans engaged in oral sex. And according to the article it’s common among many different species. Ignorance fought!
Some years ago I saw a video of a goat fellating itself to orgasm.
Many years before that, I was at a zoo, watching an orangutan that appeared to be deliberately shocking an old lady standing next to me. The orang would stick a twig up its own ass, pull it out and nibble on it, all while staring this little old lady straight in the face. Over and over again. The old lady couldn’t seem to stop staring.
I’ve heard that chimps masturbate. Freaks out visitors at the zoo.
I had never heard about apes giving oral sex. I Learn something new everyday. Where’s the brain bleach when I need it?
Man, you should read up on bonobos. Not only do they do that, but they use sex practically as currency.
Why do dogs lick their balls?
Because
they can
I knew many different species of animals masturbated. I just would have thought, if I had bothered to consider it before today, that oral sex was strictly a human idea.
We used to think we were the only tool-using species; now we know other animals do all kinds of things with their tools.
100 years ago 51% of the US lived in urban areas.
Gorillas definitely do.
I’ve been an editor for the American Psychological Association, preparing articles for publication. One such article had to do with exploring what a male gorilla would do when presented with a female he could see & smell but not access.
For you Dan Savage readers, that was a “GGGG.”
Twentyish years ago, I bought an issue of a magazine that had a centerfold of a walrus amusing himself. This picture specifically:
Just this last weekend, we went to the San Diego Zoo and saw two Galapagos Tortoises getting it on. Unfortunately the video didn’t turn out but I was hoping to add a Marvin Gaye soundtrack played at 1/10 rpm.
Llllllleeeetttttssss ggeeeetttt iiiitttt ooonnn…
On the gripping hand, many of them had grown up on farms.
Tom Clancy had a running joke in some of his books about turtles having sex. It’s a 2-person joke:
Person 1 says: “In.”
[time passes]
Person 2 says: “Out.”
[more time passes]
Person 1: “In.”
[more time passes]
Person 2: “Out.”
etc.
Many years ago, one of my friends said that when her kids were young, they found the scrambled porn channel, and said, “Mommy, there’s some naked people fighting on TV!” She replied, “They aren’t fighting; change the channel” and then called the station the next day to get the channel completely blocked. I mentioned this when the daughter said on Facebook one springtime that her son, who was 7 or 8 at the time, wanted to know why the birds in the yard kept jumping on top of each other. She told him that it was just something they do sometimes, and I PM’ed her to tell her that story. She didn’t remember it, but I said, “Bet your mom does!” (Her brother is deceased.)
There’s a You Tube video of an adult male gorilla in a zoo who’s sporting an erection, and a baby gorilla is boinging it around and licking it. Some people were going, “Ewwww! Child molester!” and they explained that the gorilla is not a pervert; he’s just a gorilla, and this is what they may do.
My BFF’s son works at a zoo, and one day, a male and female primate (don’t remember what species) were, ahem, doing it, and two middle-aged women noticed that the female looked awfully bored, and said they could sort of relate.
I have another friend who used to work at a zoo, and she recently told me about the woman who came up to her and told her, “The monkeys are, ahem, playing with each other! There are children here! You need to tell them to stop doing that.” Knowing this woman, she probably told her that this is normal animal behavior, and if she was offended, simply walk away, but she was definitely thinking, “Sure! We’ll put up a sign for the monkeys to read, so they don’t do this in front of people.”
Watch out, the apes are adapting.
No wonder it’s grinning.