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...rumps, and sometimes briefly enter into what looks like mating. There is plenty of heterosexual sex too, as well as adult- infant encounters and enough mixing and matching to offend every puritanical sensibility. Scientists have observed similar orgies when bonobos converge on fig trees ripe with the sticky fruit...
...feature of the bonobo's forest environment offers a possible clue: fruit trees that produce an unusual abundance of food in a small area. This brings large numbers of bonobos into closer social contact than is typical for common chimpanzees. The presence of food can stimulate competition among the apes, and the larger the group the greater the danger of conflict. Frances White of Duke University argues that at these crucial times, sexual encounters reinforce bonds, particularly among females, helping individual apes to maintain access to food. Frans de Waal, the author of Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes...
...lights flash and 50,000 watts of techno- house music blast from the speakers of a New York City nightclub called the Shelter. On the fringes, others watch an upside-down projection of Flintstones % cartoons or sidle up to the nonalcoholic "smart bar" for bottled water or vitamin-enriched fruit juice. "It's a good crowd tonight," observes Moby, a techno deejay with a loyal following. "I don't sense the usual nightclub aggression...
...Florida, the Sunshine State, home of citrus fruit, Walt Disney World and fabulous beaches and palm trees, casts 65 votes for the next president of the United States of America, Our Next President...
Exploring this rich, fecund world is the high point of the expedition. In camp we eat pasta flavored with dried soups and sausages, but Fay uncovers more exotic treats on the forest floor. He likes to pick up half-eaten fruits left by the animals and to sample the untouched parts. I try the juicy kernels of a Myrianthus arboreus fruit and decide that gorillas know a good taste when they find...