Chimp noises during sex

I haven’t been blogging much recently, prefering to spend my time studying for the MCATs or working on some of the research projects I’m currently involved with.  Hopefully soon I’ll be off to some hospital to shadow a doctor. But, I just had to share this story.

Sciencedaily reports on chimp behavior, saying that chimps keep quiet during copulation, in order to evade detection of other chimps.  I suspect that this is a mechanism chimps use to obscure paternity, which is interesting considering that chimps also make it quite obvious when they’re in estrus.

At any rate, it doesn’t seem to be a trait we share with chimps, at least judging from some of the shadier motels I’ve had the misfortune of staying at.

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