No joke – though it is pretty funny. (HT: The Poet)
I came across this remarkable video, in which a young Julia Roberts has an “encounter” with an orangutan on the Leakey Preserve on Borneo (try to ignore the German translation over her voice). The incident was captured on film, and looked to be fairly serious, although the handlers prevented the unthinkable. Apparently, orangutans rape a woman on the preserve every year or so, and this one in particular, named “Kosasu,” took a shining to Ms. Roberts.
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I’ve previously wondered why so many female primatologists put themselves in these situations, but now Julia has explained: it’s for the “raw thrill.”
Here’s another video concerning the incident, in which Roberts is quite clear about the ape’s intent. Before making his move, the orang is the epitome of the aloof alpha male:
I have heard of these incidences before; there have been news stories about them. Apparently male orangutans who are horny fail to distinguish between human females and their own kind.
the ape version of bestiality.
Yeah. Funny, but sometimes animals have such desires… A half-decade back, a camel tried to mate with a woman, and killed her:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4204633/Pet-camel-kills-woman-trying-to-have-sex.html