June 17, 2008


monkey love

Chimps calm each other after aggression with hugs and kisses.

“If a kiss was used, the consoler would press his or her open mouth against the recipient’s body, usually on the top of the head or their back. An embrace consisted of the consoler wrapping one or both arms around the recipient.”

The result was a reduction of stress behavior such as scratching or self-grooming by the victim of aggression, Fraser and colleagues report in Tuesday’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

posted by Deron Bauman in animals, psychology 

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2 Responses to “monkey love”

  1. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 17th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Chimps calm each other after aggression with hugs and kisses

    Smiths do this too. Then we pick parasites out of each others hair and throw poop.

  2. Michael Smith on June 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Yes, Smiths do, unless you mean the Smiths I grew up with, then you can skip straight to the poop throwing.

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