Thanks Kaidah for letting me contribute over in your blog. Hi all, it's Amy, and actually my permanent 'home' in the blogosphere is here.
Why the title above? The idea for such post came to me after watching a video titled 'Battle of the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom' in Behavioural Biology. According to the video, there's a constant battle of the sexes for power in the world. Lions fight with each other to overtake ownership of lioness and have cubs. Queen ants suppress the sexual tendencies of her daughters. Queen naked mole rat sleeps on top of a mattress of oppressed males. In other words, in most species, it's Make War, Not Love.
Interestingly there is a species that literally make love, not war. These are the bonobos. Males touch each other's genitals to reduce aggression, and engages in a ritualized sex play that do not lead to conception. In the video, after fighting with each other, two male bonobos touch each other's genitals like shaking hands.
The lecturer said sociologists are still investigating bonobos' behaviour, whether such peace can be applied to human societies.
Interesting.
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hm... very interesting indeed...thanks dear. Btw, I'm a Leo.. I guess I should learn more from the lion behaviour...he..
Ka, female lions copulate every 20 minutes, and is sexually insatiable, hehe. There's a reason for it though.
Oouch.... sort of scary but getting more and more interesting. So, don't go near a female leo huh? female lions I mean...Roar... he..he..
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