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Monkeys Pay for Monkey Porn

Posted by michael on from the is-that-a-banana-in-your-cage-or... dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Give a monkey some spending money, and he'll blow it on pictures of women monkeys. He'll also pay to see dominant monkeys. But you'll have to pay him to look at inferior monkeys. That's the upshot of a study out of Duke that was designed to explore the 'social machinery of the brain with an eye toward helping autism patients.' Next up -- seriously -- the researchers want to run the same test on Joe Sixpack (sans the monkey business)."

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  1. Do they - ? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    Do they spank the monkey as part of the experiment?

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  2. So... by jtbauki · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....the next time you get caught looking at porn, you can point to this article and say, "Hey it's not me, it's evolution, baby."

  3. So... by mattiwatti · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where can I download this monkey porn?

  4. err... by Heem · · Score: 5, Funny
    FTA:
    The rhesus macaque monkeys also splurged on photos of top-dog counterparts


    Anyone else get a completely different meaning out of that then they intended?

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  5. Hahaha dumb monkeys by wileycoyoteacme · · Score: 5, Funny

    i stopped paying for porn the day i discovered a web browser!

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  6. sorry, no dice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My boss doesn't like it when I call him "baby".

  7. And how do researchers spend money? by adityapk · · Score: 5, Funny

    >Give a monkey some spending money, and he'll blow it on pictures of women monkeys

    Give researchers some money, and they'll spend it on monkey porn

  8. Hot ot not, eh? by Ceriel+Nosforit · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=BRG8K8H&key=EUB
    I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry...
    *GG*

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