grinnell + anything = sex

i'm in this class called "language in nonhuman primates." sounds cool, huh? well, we've read one chapter from the ape book by now, and at least half of it was about bonobo (apes smarter and classier than chimps) sex. as in:

"the pigmy chimpanzee [bonobo] is the only one, out of 200 species of primate, to devise this behavior [lesbian sex]... and whenever they are delightedly absorbed in this 'lesbian' behavior, they seem proud of their splendid invention."

"bonobos extend their sexual inventiveness further, to include male-male mounting, multiple positions in male-female copulation, and multi-individual deterosexual and homosexual copulatory bouts. sexual activity is usually contagious in bonobo society; often, when one couple starts to copulate, the rest of the gropu members express interest in some way. in particular, gg rubbing between females seems to arouse sexual interest in males [and guys think girls making out is hot--see a similarity?]. some individuals my initiate copulation with another partner, others may run close to the first couple, touch them, and scream in unison, or even join in with them."

(if you skipped to the end, i suggest you go back and actually read the quote. imagine reading a chapter about this stuff)