Slog - Comments on News from the Animal Kingdom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1 Gorrillaz going at it face-to-face: Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild. This is the first time that western gorillas have been observed and photographed mating in such a manner. How did the wild animals hide this ability for so long? Is it a new development? "It is also interesting that this same adult female [Leah] has been noted for innovative behaviors before." Maybe this face-to-face thing is a consequence of "cultural pollution."... Copyright 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:31 -0800 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:59:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cookie W. Monster Charles,

It's called "speciesist imperialism." Look what us crazy humans have done to those poor primates!

]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178753 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:54:49 -0800 Comment by Matthew Put a thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters, and sooner or later one of them will figure out how to blow Paul Constant.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178754 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:56:11 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder Go Leah, w00t!

That's my girl.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178756 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:58:29 -0800 Comment by mickey in AR "cultral pollution"
Who is out there fucking in front of these apes? Sick athropologists. get a tent.

]]> mickey in AR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178759 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:46 -0800 Comment by Yourleastfavorite I'm not sure how, but this can't be quite right - because I saw that picture last year. A friend made a joke photo album on Facebook where he tagged pictures of animals as his friends, and tagged this exact picture as me and my boyfriend, with the lurking gorilla nearby tagged as my boyfriend's roommate. This was definitely months ago, probably in the winter or late fall.

]]> Yourleastfavorite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178765 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:05:51 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave This officially takes the cake in regards to how fucking ridiculous Charles is.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178768 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178768 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:09:09 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber Looks like a heavily-Photoshopped Far Side cartoon. Betcha Leah's got the rhinestone glasses on.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178769 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:11:31 -0800 Comment by well @5

The article that Chuckles linked to kicks off with this:

ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2008)

That may provide some clarity.

]]> well http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178770 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:12:09 -0800 Comment by trufe or "get a tree."

]]> trufe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178771 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:12:15 -0800 Comment by Yourleastfavorite Ah, I realize what the problem is: this isn't "news," that article was published in February. I just double-checked, and my friend posted the photo in, yes, February, when this actually broke.

]]> Yourleastfavorite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178772 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:13:31 -0800 Comment by MG You should read up on bonobos. They do it every which way — face-to-face, oral, girl-ape-on-girl-ape, the works.

]]> MG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178777 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:15:54 -0800 Comment by elenchos Definitely, I think, cultural pollution is a possibility. This kind of thing happens all the time with crows, so why not gorillas?

People whose brains are wired a certain way (Ayn Randians? Frat boys? I don't know) get angry when you mention gorillas. It's because gorillas are vegetarians in spite of having large, pointy teeth. This gives them fits, and provokes them to spew bile. Hence the non sequiturs in the comments.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178782 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:26:11 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave elenchos, by that measure of pointy teeth, are tyrannosaurus vegetarians? are you a young earth creationist now?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178785 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:30:10 -0800 Comment by elenchos Bellevue Ave. Jesus dude.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178795 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:38:01 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave I thought i'd poke fun at the equatist notion that there are many pointy teethed vegetarians would give credence to creationist flim flam.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178803 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:42:47 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Oh Charles, you dropped the ball on this one...

Where is the obvious suggestion that they saw humans doing it and mimic the action thanks to Mirror Neurons?

Never pass up a chance to do a little self-promotion.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178808 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:48:35 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski Who's been giving porn to the gorillaz again?

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178817 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178817 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:53:53 -0800 Comment by Gregus "this same adult female [Leah] has been noted for innovative behaviors before".

Slut.

]]> Gregus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1178990 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:10:03 -0800 Comment by Seatattle Females with innovative behavior rule!

]]> Seatattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1179302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/news_from_the_animal_kingdom_1#c1179302 Science Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:59:53 -0800