A chimpanzee was caught on camera masturbating using a plastic bottle as a sex toy, which scientists claim is a first for wild animals using human goods for pleasure.
Two researchers, Matthew McLennan and Kim van Dijk, made the discovery while studying Araali, a sexually mature wild chimpanzee in Bulindi, Uganda, in 2018.
Primates are known to engage in sexual behavior similar to humans, as evidenced by a recent film of gorillas having oral sex in front of terrified zoo visitors (read here).
Experts claim, however, that Araali’s behavior has never been seen before.
Araali relaxes in the shade of the bush and picks up a white empty plastic bottle, which is thought to be a discarded herbicide container used by local farmers, according to the footage included in their article.
After that, the chimp is seen placing his penis into the bottle’s aperture and “copulating” with it against a shrub limb. Araali pushes her hand inside the bottle for a few seconds before pulling it out and scrutinizing it.
He also sniffs his finger before re-entering the bottle with his penis.
The primate’s relaxed open-mouth face while performing pelvic thrusting movements into the bottle shows his masturbatory behavior was “pleasurable” or “fun” according to the researchers.
Take a look at the video below.
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