Human Behaviour

[Megatron]

Just been watching that "Human Instincts" programme on BBC1, and I realised another thing which could make us homo sapiens unique from other species: Do any other animals get off watching other members of the same species having sex?

[mike johnson]

AFAIK, other than dolphins, other mammals are constrained by the estrus cycle of the female in tems of having sex. Some species of chimps seem to watch (& perform by human standards, perversions); their DNA is something like 99.7% human.

A more interesting question might be, why do we like watching?? What purpose does it serve? If we are hungry, we don't enjoy watching others eat; if we are cold, we don't want to look at people who are warm & toasty (Little Match Girl aside). So if we are horny, why do we like watching others have sex??

[The Axe Man]

Maybe it's our deoxyriboneucleic acid that's 99.7% chimpanze?

[Bob Spunkhouse]

Dolphins are also into rape in a big way....probably due to the fact they do not go to prison. It is not unusual for a group of young males to push a female into the shallows then gang rape her.

[mike johnson]

I have also seen on ed. TV a sexual menage a trois of whales; 2 males swimming alongside a female & rubbing up against her till she got the urge to merge; alas only one male was chosen & the other perforce became a voyueur.

[marcusallen]

My pussycat does similar things with spiders-then she eats them.
Is this relevant?

[mike johnson]

??? Er, relevant to the stated topic IMO.

[lurker]

Saw another similar program which contended that what separated humans from animals was our ability to imagine ourselves as someone else, to put ourselves in their shoes as it were. This is a very necessary social skill for deceit & diplomacy and probably applies equally to porn watching !