i want to be orangutan they are very smart and wise and peaceful

edit: and orange. that's the most important part

On one hand, I enjoy casual sex

On the other, I also enjoy ripping people's faces off

This is a conundrum

quality :monke-return:

In addition, our study has shown that there is a mosaic evolution of the three species, in the sense that some features are shared by humans and bonobos, others by humans and common chimpanzees, and still others by the two ape species," said Rui Diogo, lead author of the paper and associate professor of anatomy at Howard University. "Such a mosaic anatomical evolution may well be related to the somewhat similar molecular mosaic evolution between the three species revealed by previous genetic studies: each of the chimpanzees species share about 3 percent of genetic traits with humans that are not present in the other chimpanzee species.

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-bonobos-representation-common-ancestor-humans.html

now I need to make a bonobo emoji request ...

this quality passage I understand graced the pages of National Geographic (more like Pornographic, amirite volcel police?):

Sexiness isn’t the only big difference between bonobos and chimps, though it’s probably linked to other differences, either as cause or as effect. Females, not males, hold the highest social rankings, which they seem to achieve by affable social networking (such as G-G rubbing) rather than by forming temporary alliances and fighting, as male chimpanzees do. Bonobo communities don’t wage violent wars against other bonobo communities adjacent to their territory. They forage during daytime in more stable and often larger parties, with sometimes as many as 15 or 20 individuals moving together from one source of food to another, and they cluster their nests at night, presumably for mutual security. Their diet, which is similar to the usual chimpanzee diet in most respects—fruit, leaves, a bit of animal protein when they can get it—differs in one signal way: Bonobos eat a lot of the herby vegetation that is abundant in all seasons—big reedy stuff like cornstalks and starchy tubers like arrowroot—which offers nutritious shoots and young leaves and pith inside the stems, rich in protein and sugars. Bonobos, then, have an almost inexhaustible supply of reliable munchies. So they don’t experience lean times, hunger, and competition for food as acutely as chimpanzees do. That fact may have had important evolutionary implications.

bonobo good

On bonobos, most dudes be like :

:picard-excited: more sex

:picard-annoyed: have equal material relationships with women

:monke-kawaii:

Damn. I've got something to think about...

This is blatant Chimp slander and I will not stand for it

You know bonobo's rape each other all the time. It's how they settle arguments.