New research indicates that certain monkeys like
the macaque like to run their macaque with rocks [LAUGH].
>> [LAUGH]. >> Actually, really?
Look. >> Their dealing with those rocks.
I'm putting them on macaque.
>> Yeah, literally like that's what's going on here.
Okay, so before I give you the details of this groundbreaking research,
let me just say, the idea of monkeys masturbating is not really groundbreaking,
but sure they wanted to research this and here's what they found.
Okay, so it was a research paper published on august 4th in the journal mythology,
International journal of behavioral biology and here's what they found
among more innocuous uses, including biting and gathering stones.
Video footage collected between 2016 and 2019 also shows hundreds
of instances of monkeys in the sanctuary, both male and female tapping and
rubbing the stones on their genitals, seemingly in a state of sexual arousal.
In fact, what a treat?
We have a video, for you.
Let's watch.
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[SOUND] Talking genitals at 3:59.
That is.
>> [LAUGH].
>> That is a very motivated macaque.
Okay, >> [LAUGH].
That is going to town.
>> Okay, so I'm so amused by the researchers
because they're so honest, right?
They seem to be in a state of arousal.
You don't say.
>> No. >> You figure that one.
You piece that one together.
Okay [LAUGH] >> I gotta read
this quote because it goes to the point that you're trying to make here.
>> Exactly. I love the next quote.
>> This quote is insane, so Camelia Seni,
the paper's co-author says this; it's hard to give a very solid explanation.
>> Not easy, it's not easy.
>> It's not hard to give a solid explanation, Okay?
They are pleasuring themselves, >> With arousal.
>> The way humans do.
>> Yeah. >> Okay but
it really seems that they do it, because it feels good.
There is some sort of >> Signs.
>> Tactile stimulation >> Tactile stimulation from the contact.
>> Yeah tactile stimulation from the contact of those stones with their
genitals and it feels good, and there's no reason [LAUGH].
>> There's no reason to stop >> [LAUGH].
>> [LAUGH] I like this, he added that.
Let's be honest and
fair there's really no reason to stop, >> Yeah.
>> Yeah especially for the females.
No reason at all.
>> No reason to stop?
>> All day long.
Okay so [LAUGH] I mean there's literally a term called monkeying around, right?
So I watched the unedited version of those videos.
>> My God. >> Okay, and so here's what they do.
Okay.
I did it for the show, okay?
>> Yeah. >> Some of the monkeys lick the stone and
then apply it, >> My God.
>> Lick it and then apply it, okay.
So, why?
Because it's so obvious, it's not at all hard to piece together.
They like the feel of it.
>> [INAUDIBLE] that thing.
>> Okay? And by the way for human apes,
there's gels, there's this, there's that, there's toys etc, right?
Because people like the feel of it, what are we?
We're just apes, right?
That's all we are.
So is it surprising that the monkey is doing the same thing that humans do?
It's the least surprising thing ever.
I like the next quote as well, let me read this one?
>> Do.
>> Actually yeah, this is two quotes down.
I think it's the fourth one, for females, it's a little bit harder
because we don't really have an easy signifier of arousal, said Seni.
>> Just like humans.
>> They did however observe some selectivity in the stones of the mature
female monkeys chose to tap or rub their genitals with,
often preferring ones with sharp edges or grainy texture.
[LAUGH] Get it, get it.
I believe I've seen that at the store as well.
My God.
>> I got a little bit of sharper edge, some grainy I mean like bumps,
>> Yeah.
>> Right?
I mean how similar are they?
Of course, they share so much of our DNA.
>> I gotta say some of these PhD candidates,
they're not bringing their best.
>> Mm hm.
>> I'm sorry Seni, don't be mad at me.
Okay I'm sure you're a lovely woman and I hope you get your PhD.
But really is, this really shocking?
This is wow, this groundbreaking research monkeys like to rub one out?
>> No but it's so, to be fair to them it's not her fault at all.
This actually I think in that community is seen as a little bit groundbreaking.
Like it is it's a monkey that is similar cousin to us, using stones but not just
using stones for hunting or gathering but they're using them for sexual pleasure.
And by the way, they there's a slightly interesting to this,
this is in Bali where they're being fed by the locals all the time.
>> Yeah.
>> And so so they're actually have extra time to beat off.
Okay, I'm not joking.
>> My God Marjorie Taylor Greene is right.
>> [LAUGH] >> And
everybody playing more video games too, >> [LAUGH].
>> But it's only the white macaque.
>> Yeah, it's only the white macaque, that's it.
>> That's on Marjorie Taylor Green reference.
Anyway, so normally in nature they'd be busy hunting and
mainly gathering, but in this case says they have spare time,
they're like, let me go and try this stone thing.
Whoa, that feels pretty good.
That's a nice tactile sensation.
[LAUGH] Okay, so but the reason why I say it's not her fault Hannah.
>> Mmm hm.
>> Is us humans, we are so thickheaded about being animals.
Like we recognize that we're animals, but we secretly think that we're not.
So sometimes on the show I'll say all we are are apes and people like, like
symbolically, no, not symbolically, we are literally apes, we're in the ape family.
>> Mm hm. And so people have misconceptions about so
many things like, do animals feel pain cuz we're celestial mother efforts, right?
And we're the only ones who feel pain.
The only ones who have emotion.
The only ones that like tactile sensations down there.
So every time an animal does something similar to humans, it's like a big deal.
Whoa!
They also like their genitals.
Yeah, yeah, they do you know why?
They're incredibly similar to us cuz we're also an animal
>> They like pleasure.
>> Of course.
>> Yeah. >> But for
a long time it was actually a debate whether animals felt pain or pleasure.
>> Yeah. >> A lot of people still think like fish
don't feel it.
Other animals don't feel it.
No, they definitely do.
>> Animals are innocent.
>> Yeah.
And these rock hard macaques, prove my point perfectly.
>> Exactly.