Bonobos

[Cerridwen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo


Bonobos were discovered in 1928, by American anatomist Harold Coolidge, represented by a skull in the Tervuren museum in Belgium that had been thought to be a juvenile chimpanzee's, though credit for the discovery went to the German Ernst Schwarz, who published the findings in 1929. They are distinguished by an upright gait, a matriarchal and egalitarian culture, <snip>

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

1. I will drink to that!

Here's to bonobos!

[Cerridwen]

2. Oooo, great idea! Thanks.

[WeRQ4U]

3. I shall name my child Smokey Bonobos is honor of them.

[Cerridwen]

5. Cool. Here's to Smokey Bonobos

[Kraklen]

4. Mmmm.

Bonobo kebabs.

[Cerridwen]

6. Ewww, just, ewwww. n/t

[Finder]

7. I love Bonobos...

and think they are extremely important to scientific studies on evolution, sociology and anthropology.

Not to mention to Feminism.

[Cerridwen]

10. And, I like their conflict resolution, er, um, "skills" :-D

Wouldn't it be grand if, we the people used the same "skills" for conflict resolution.

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. true dat!

can't fight a war when you are too busy...er...um...y'know...

[Cerridwen]

14. :-D Thank you for keeping it "clean"

I was worried this might somehow get "off topic" and locked.

I don't know why I worried. It just sank like a rock.

[Finder]

17. maybe I do....

[Cerridwen]

22. :-D

[Aristus]

31. "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, too. Let's have sex!"

That's the way my anthro instructor described it, anyway.

What fun!

[Cerridwen]

33. Brings a whole new meaning to the 60s saying

"make love, not war"

[eyepaddle]

8. I once heard a primateologist highlight the difference

between Bonobos and Chimps by saying that even Chimps would admit Bonobos have more style!

[Cerridwen]

12. :-D

[Greyhound]

9. If only humans could be like the Bonobos.

Wouldn't this be a much nicer place to be?

Cheers

[Cerridwen]

11. Now cut that out! I just posted the same idea.

[Bucky]

15. Hmmm, I thought this thread was gonna be about Cher's 1st husband

The idea of Republican congressmen settling their disputes like that is, um, grossly intriguing.

[Cerridwen]

16. I'm not quite sure I get the intriguing part of that idea.

The grossly part makes way more sense to me.

[GOPisEvil]

18. Hi there!

Bonobos are cool, but not as cool as capybaras!

[Cerridwen]

21. Hey you! Long time no "talk." I've been mostly reading rather

than much posting these days. How ya been?

I googled those capybaras rodents - seem like interesting, though large, rodents. I saw how the Catholic Church classified them as fish!

Did you happen to notice how bonobos handled conflict? I think we humans need to be more bonobo-ish in our conflict resolution.

[GOPisEvil]

25. Matriarchal and egalitarian.

Yeah, let's give that a try. What we have now hasn't worked out all the time.

[Cerridwen]

27. Nawwww, actually I meant this part

Sexual intercourse plays a major role in Bonobo society, being used as a greeting, a means of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconciliation, <snip>

I'm trying to keep this from getting locked - so I'll leave it there.

[GOPisEvil]

28. Well, er, yeah...we could give that a whirl, too.

[Cerridwen]

30. Oops, didn't mean to make ya blush.

But geez, ya know, I mean, it was sort of the point of the whole bonobos thread - a new form of conflict resolution.

[GOPisEvil]

32. I was blushing over what I was thinking.

[Cerridwen]

34. And what, pray tell, were you thinking?

Nevermind. I'm gonna keep this a "clean" thread.

[GOPisEvil]

35. You don't want this locked do you?

[Cerridwen]

36. LOL - So I was wondering as I was posting above

as I used the little angel smiley - do people who really are innocent have to keep asserting they are?



edited for some atrocious grammar - don't change thoughts in the middle of the sentence. Eek!

[GOPisEvil]

37. Methinks I might be protesting too much, eh?

[Cerridwen]

38. Exactly - oh, and since sometimes things are garbled around

here - I was implying my own protests - this was no reflection on you.

Geez, getting punchy over here.

[GOPisEvil]

39. Whatcha gettin' punchy on?

[Cerridwen]

40. Eh, just a beer tonight. a little hair of the dog

Still recuperating from last night. I was in a happy, happy and drank myself under. My brain cells are still swimming upstream - coherent thoughts sometimes elude me today.

[GOPisEvil]

41. Drinking on a school night!

Go you!!

[Cerridwen]

42. Yeah - every so often I just gotta let loose.

Ow, my poor head.

[GOPisEvil]

43. Awww...

:aspirin:

I had a little of that this weekend in Seattle. Mmmmm...Scotch.

[Cerridwen]

44. Thanks.

Seattle - I love Seattle.

So you had a good time from the sounds of it? Go you!

[GOPisEvil]

45. Well...the purpose of the visit wasn't pleasant.

But, we did manage to enjoy ourselves a bit.

[Cerridwen]

46. Damn. That's right. That was this w/e.

Man - brain cells not just swimming - a couple seemed to have died.

It's good you could go. I'm glad people that went posted here about it. I caught the tail end of some of the posts after the w/e.

[GOPisEvil]

47. I had to say bye to my friend.

I met some GREAT people though. I'm glad I went, overall.

[Cerridwen]

48. Yeah. What a sad thing to have happened.

And all the crap that happened around it all.

As I said, though I've not been posting much, I've been reading almost daily. I saw the whole ugly mess go on.

And so, out of the bad, there was some good - some of the great people got to meet each other. I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but I think he'd be happy about that part.

[GOPisEvil]

49. I thought I hadn't seen you around much.

I thought it was your fella keepin' ya busy.

I met him on a couple of occasions. He was a great friend. Thankfully, out of his passing, I met several more friends.

[Cerridwen]

50. Yeah, my fella is mostly why I haven't been posting as much

As you know, there's a bit more effort in posting - I like to, like now, respond when people post, so I've stayed away from posting. But I still like to know what's going on, so I've been lurking.

And, I finally got my fella to come over here and read and now he's posting some, too.

I've still got my fingers crossed you will or have found someone to keep you busy, too.

[GOPisEvil]

51. Still looking.

I'll take all the finger-crossing I can get.

[Cerridwen]

52. Awwww, I'll keep 'em crossed.

Have you tried the "I'm not looking" method yet? That's when you give up all hope of finding the kind of person you're looking for - and viola! they're right there in front of you. Worked for me.

[GOPisEvil]

53. I wouldn't say I'm actively looking right now.

I just have the passive sonar on.

But I'm happy you found someone!

[Cerridwen]

54. Thank you.

Passive sonar - too funny.

I had this visual of you walking around with a big satellite dish on your head. Wow, talk about tin-foil hat.

[GOPisEvil]

55. If you hear beeping as I walk by, just ignore it.

[Cerridwen]

56. Ha! The real reason your computer at work is down?

[GOPisEvil]

58. Bwahaha!

I got it working late this afternoon. I was able to back up my files, so now I can get my NEW PC installed.

[Cerridwen]

59. Too cool. What kind are you getting? Hey, I just remembered...

did you ever get help with the phones? I'm presuming you have the same job.

[GOPisEvil]

60. Another Dell.

Yes, phone help has arrived! Now...I have to get caught up with all the other crapola at work. :busyashell:

[Cerridwen]

61. D'oh - you're in Texas - that'd be Dell country. I shoulda known.

Wow, glad they finally got help for you. Too bad you're so busy though - kind of a mixed blessing - time goes by fast, but not enough time to post on DU.



Dang, I just crack myself up sometimes.

[GOPisEvil]

62. There's ALWAYS time for DU!

[Cerridwen]

64. Thereby explaining your post count. :P

And the fact you've met so many DUers in the real world.

So, I noticed a post of yours a couple of days or so ago - did you ever get your fence fixed?

I still haven't re-grouted the tile or fixed the fence so the dog can't go over. I just fattened up the dog. Now he can't jump so high.

[GOPisEvil]

65. Nah...waiting until winter to repair the fence.

I'm going to let the summer plants die down first.

Hehehe...ingenious! Fattening up the dog is less work.

[Cerridwen]

67. Geez, can't even type about him or he comes running

How do dogs do that? They just know when they're being discussed. My two are now sitting with "mom, we're starving" looks on their faces.

Sheesh.

Guess it's time for me to go feed the little stomachs.

I'll talk with you again. You take care of you.

And my fingers are still crossed.

[GOPisEvil]

68. It was good seeing you again!

Take care, and pet the furballs for me.

[Greyhound]

19. Surprised?!? n/t

[Cerridwen]

23. I was actually - didn't think it would happen here, too.

[Greyhound]

26. like (cyber)space could affect the connection...

[Cerridwen]

29. But I thought the time lag on a message board versus

a chat room would goof up the connection.

Silly me.

[China_cat]

20. The only one of the primates

that enjoy non-reproductive/non-domination sex and have the same population of homosexual individuals as humans.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. This Bonobo is cooler

http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php?id=38

[Parche]

57. Bonobos

Wasn't he the vampire on Dark Shadows??!!!

[Cerridwen]

63. LOL - and what's so funny is you (and I) actually remember

Dark Shadows and Barnabas.

[KittyWampus]

66. They're Also The Only Other Animal (Except Us) That Has Sex Face To Face