Chimps Prove Sex Toys Are Natural

Sex toys aren’t just for people any more.

In fact, they probably never were.

Scientists have discovered that some chimps in Tanzania use leaves as a primitive sex toy to help get each other in the mood.

There goes another indicator separating humans from the animal kingdom.

It probably happened before you were born, but the realization that chimpanzees used tools rocked the scientific world to it’s core. Tool use was one of the primary indicators that we weren’t really animals, not really. But they only used them to get food, so we were still superior.

Until now.

William C. McGrew has discovered a group of chimpanzees that appear to use tools for sexual arousal.

“The male will pluck a leaf, or a set of leaves, and sit so the female can see him. He spreads his legs so the female sees the erection, and he tears the leaf bit by bit down the midvein of the leaf, dropping the pieces as he detaches them. Sometimes he’ll do half a dozen leaves until she notices.”

And then?

“Presumably she sees the erection and puts two and two together, and if she’s interested, she’ll typically approach and present her back side, and then they’ll mate.”

While it might seen primitive and silly, how much different is that than trailing a peacock feather over a bare chest or entering a room wearing whipped cream and nothing else. The purpose is the same: Look at me. I want to have sex. Are you interested?

So we’re really not all that different from our evolutionary cousins after all. Our position at the top of the evolutionary chain is still safe, for now.

That is, until someone finds the cache of chimp erotica they’ve been hiding in the trees.