nature-of-sex

I loved the zebras, the cheetahs, the fruit flies, the octopi and the rest. But The Nature of Sex __limaxed_ with a species I__ never heard of before, __onobos,_ which the narrator also called by their Latin/scientific name Pan paniscus. I knew __an_ as classical Greek mythology__ horned and horny god of the wild, so maybe I shouldn__ have been surprised. But when the bonobos started swinging onto my screen, well_ what can I say? Today, I__e got a whole book__ worth of stuff to say, but back then, I couldn__ utter a word. Imagine looking into an evolutionary funhouse mirror and seeing a side of yourself you__e never seen before, shocking yet deeply familiar. __ho are these vibrant, joyful creatures that look so much like me, only hairier?_ I wondered. __nd what__ with all the sex?_ They weren__ just going at it for procreation. They were engaging in sex for recreation and interpersonal communication, very much like humans, but without the pretense, hypocrisy and shame. I got very excited, but no, I still didn__ want to have sex with them. I wanted to have sex like them (at least occasionally), in that playful yet deeply meaningful way of theirs I started calling the Bonobo Way. But would it keep our sex life out of the dreaded sinkhole? Only time would tell.