4everhung said:
do monkeys have anal sex?
Homosexuality, in monkeys, can be defined as pair bonding and sex occurring between two or more members of the same sex in the same specie.
Just as in humans, monkeys often form long-term same-sex relationships. Homosexuality in monkeys often, even usually, involves pair bonding as deep and as long-lasting as between members of heterosexual couples.
The human pattern of bisexuality also appears in non-human primates. In some cases, the monkeys prefer same sex, but then change to heterosexuality later. The monkeys may even change back and forth, and in some cases, the monkeys seek sex with partners of either sex at random
Some monkeys have a seasonal breeding pattern, and homosexuality can therefore be seasonal. Male capuchins, for example, often form homosexual pair bonds and have sex with each other outside of the breeding season, but will revert to a heterosexual pattern during the normal breeding season. Young Capuchin males commonly suck and fondle the scrotum of older males.
Proboscis Monkeys and Golden Monkeys indulge in regular male homosexual mounting. This is often interspersed with masturbation, in which the mounted male stimulates his penis with his hand. Amongst Orang-utans sexual bonding between younger animals of the same sex occurs frequently. Pig-tailed and Crested-black Macaque males use a number of ritualised erotic “greeting” gestures with one another. This includes embracing; face-licking or kissing; fondling or the grabbing of the erected penis; mounting and rump fingering. Both male and female Stumptail Macaques, on the other hand, are known to form intense sexual friendships with the same sex. These same sex friendships may be of the similar age, or one individual may be considerably younger than the other.
Our closest living relatives, the bonobo chimpanzees are 100%. bisexual. The bonobo is sometimes called the “free love” species, as they seem happy to have sex all the time, both heterosexual and homosexual.
They seem to use sex for many different purposes such as when they welcome a new individual to the group; convince an individual to share food; or simply when they express exuberance over the discovery of a favourite fruit tree.
It is interesting that the chimpanzee specie is similar to the human in that they see sex not just as a way in which to reproduce, but also as a social mechanism.
Homosexual monkeys don’t necessarily pair-bond. Some chose to have promiscuous, anonymous sex and don’t want to be involved in long-term relationships with other monkeys.