{"id":3308,"date":"2023-01-13T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2023-01-03T12:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:24:53","slug":"buried-lede-alert-japanese-monkeys-ride-deer-like-ponies-for-flashback-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2023\/01\/buried-lede-alert-japanese-monkeys-ride-deer-like-ponies-for-flashback-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"BURIED LEDE ALERT: Japanese monkeys ride deer like ponies?!? (for Flashback Friday)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may recall this brief news item from 2017, about &#8220;adolescent female monkeys in Japan engaging in sexual behaviors with adult deer&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monkey deer mounting Leca, Gunst\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H3H-886XkN4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">(<strong>Aside<\/strong>: Is anyone else weirded out that the deer always look at the camera? That doesn\u2019t seem like happenstance. Like\u2026 is it\u2026 is it part of the kink for them? \u2019cause that makes me sorta feel\u2026 like, I don\u2019t want to be made a part of this without my consent. That\u2019s all I\u2019m saying. I do not consent to this.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What may have slipped past you was this\u00a0parenthetical toss-off from the first\u2014and least sensationalistic\u2014mainstream coverage:\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/12\/15\/571175252\/scientists-say-japanese-monkeys-are-having-sexual-interactions-with-deer\">Scientists Say Japanese Monkeys Are Having \u2018Sexual Interactions\u2019 With Deer<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(Thanks, NPR!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Japanese macaques are known to ride deer like humans ride horses, for fun or transportation \u2014 behavior the deer seem to tolerate in exchange for grooming and discarded food.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So, just an FYI: Japanese monkeys are in the midst of domesticating deer\u2014you know, for fun, or transportation, or (as we did before them) to increase their travel range and capacity to haul loads.&nbsp; Loads, like, I dunno, the lifeless bodies of the defenseless denizens of Tokyo, after marauding teen-nympho sex monkeys start raiding&nbsp;that once grand metropolis, charging in under cover of night astride their deer consorts, cutting us down,&nbsp;<em>smashing our skulls,&nbsp;<strong>and feasting on the goo within!!!&nbsp; IT\u2019S IN REVELATIONS, PEOPLE!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, point being there are are only two ways this story ends, and neither of them is good.\u00a0Our future is either this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet of the Apes (1\/5) Movie CLIP - The Human Hunt (1968) HD\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DruCG3LJiiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>or this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Simpsons - Planet of the Apes (the musical) starring Troy McClure\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOeUXEpxzcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">(first posted back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2017\/12\/buried-lede-alert-japanese-monkeys-ride-deer-like-ponies\/\">Dec 2017<\/a>; lightly revised since. no updates on macaque progress toward world domination)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may recall this brief news item from 2017, about &#8220;adolescent female monkeys in Japan engaging in sexual behaviors with adult deer&#8221;: (Aside: Is anyone else weirded out that the deer always look at the camera? That doesn\u2019t seem like happenstance. Like\u2026 is it\u2026 is it part of the kink for them? \u2019cause that makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2023\/01\/buried-lede-alert-japanese-monkeys-ride-deer-like-ponies-for-flashback-friday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BURIED LEDE ALERT: Japanese monkeys ride deer like ponies?!? 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