Monkey Porn

While you're taking a break from politics, in anticipation of the rich feast awaiting you this evening, why not read about monkey porn:

A new study found that male monkeys will give up their juice rewards in order to ogle pictures of female monkey's [sic] bottoms. The way the experiment was set up, the act is akin to paying for the images, the researchers say.

Lessee, male monkey looking at pictures of female monkeys' backsides.... Sounds kinda like...porn, doesn't it? But the author doesn't make the connection. Instead, he writes:

Would you pay to see a monkey's backside? I hope not. Monkeys will, and I guess that's okay, though it sounds awfully close to the sort of thing that lands guys in jail here in the human realm.

What is he talking about? Does he live in Iran? Utah? Did the experiment involve underage female monkeys? No: adult rhesus macaques. Read the article here.