Why can't we have a bonobo to run the federal reproductive health programs?

Cause then men would be hanging from the trees, penis fencing with each other.

and we'd be taking pictures.

Don't we already have this at frat parties?

IIRC, bonoboes are the only primate other than man who can recognize their reflection in the mirror as themselves, and not as a separate animal. (Elephants can do this, too.)

But apparently if you've had sex with too many people you use up all that oxytocin:

I thought it was our Thetans that used up all our oxytocin!

I thought it was our Thetans that used up all our oxytocin!

They would, but the midichlorians help.

IIRC, bonoboes are the only primate other than man who can recognize their reflection in the mirror as themselves, and not as a separate animal. (Elephants can do this, too.)

Dolphins, too.

IIRC, bonoboes are the only primate other than man who can recognize their reflection in the mirror as themselves, and not as a separate animal. (Elephants can do this, too.)

I read about another species of primate (chimp? macaque? dunno) where out of a group of them, only one "got it", and she immediately began using the mirror to inspect her private parts.

(eta: ehh, I think I'm conflating two things I read. I think there was one of a group of ?macaques? who got it, and then there was a group of chimps that started inspecting themselves.)

I maintain I had one cat that figured it out, but of course cats can't do that.

Or so they'd have us believe.

Dolphin: Described in the May issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that dolphins not only can recognize themselves in a mirror but also can notice changes in their appearance.

Prior to this research, only higher primates, such humans and chimpanzees, had demonstrated self-recognition in mirrors.

Elephants: Elephants can recognize themselves in mirrors, according to a new study. Humans, great apes, and dolphins are the only other animals known to possess this form of self-awareness.

Capuchin: Whereas gorillas, chimpanzees, and other apes recognize themselves in mirrors, monkeys do not, researchers found. But unlike most animals, the 14 monkeys in the test did not mistake their reflections for living creatures, putting the monkeys' level of self-awareness somewhere between that of dogs and orangutans.

All from National Geographic.

My brother cracks me up. I get a call from him at 6:30. "So you're at a conference, huh?" "How'd you know!?!!" "Dude, you always call me at dinnertime from conferences..."

I swear, his favorite thing about conferences is being able to stay in swank hotels and load up on free soaps and shampoos. I get to hear all about the flatscreen in the shower! And the sink that costs more than his car and the free food and the ducks in the bar fountain and... It's really funny. Oh, and all the crazy people."Um, you do know you are the guy who acquired an audience while chasing a squirrel outside a parking garage. "