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'Pacifist' chimps face extinction within a generation
I HOPE OUR BLIND PACIFISTS WILL LEARN FROM BONOBOS WHAT BLIND PACIFISM COULD DO TO A SPECIES.Pygmy chimpanzees known as "jungle hippies" for resolving conflict through sex rather than fighting are hurtling towards extinction faster than any other primate, experts said yesterday. Bonobos, gentle creatures found only in the remote war-torn forests of Congo, live in strictly matriarchal families and neither kill nor fight over territory. Bonobos chimpanzee is a close relative of man. They also pair off for sex at the slightest hint of danger, stress or friction, earning them their hippy nicknames for "making love not war". They are among man's closest relatives and face the prospect of being the first great ape to be wiped from the planet. Mrs Andre said: "These are animals which search for peace whenever they sense danger, usually through approaching another and having sexual intercourse. ABSOLUTELY REMARCABLE, JUST LIKE OUR PACIFISTS. I BELIEVE IT'S PUREJ GENETICS. SOME PEOPLE CAN NOT CHANGE EVEN WITH THE GUN TO THEIR HEAD, IT'S IN GENES. Posted by: wonderer 2005-09-08 |
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