It is the news no long-suffering wife wanted to hear: scientists have proved that every man needs a good night out with his friends. According to the research, male bonding is more likely to lower a man's stress levels than a night out with his partner, or time spent with the family. The study – bound to be wheeled out as an excuse by men across the country – found males suffer less anxiety when out in a group. Scientists from Germany's University of Gottingen studied groups of Barbary macaques, a type of ape which exhibits remarkably human-like social behaviour. Levels of male stress hormone soared when male macaques were with their partner or other family members. But when they were in a group of other males, they were more much more relaxed. The researchers even discovered stress-related illnesses only seemed to occur among females or couples. Males also look after each other, the study for the journal PNAS noted. While men may do this by watching each other's backs, for monkeys this means picking insects and fleas out of each other's fur. Christopher Young of the university's Primate Social Evolution Group said: "If male primates live in multimale groups they usually fight fiercely over access to females, but males can develop friendly relationships with a few group mates. "Male macaques form social bonds similar to human friendships that buffer them against day-to-day stressors." Wonder what team these macaques support........
I know a lot of macaques followed Sunlan from the mid-90s onwards because one of their own was managing them. Plastic Black Cat macaques all over Asia these days because of that.
"this means picking insects and fleas out of each other's fur"..... If you ask me, razor blades are the best invention ever just for that reason...
Somebody work in a reference to Paul Macaquetney being the studied apes favourite band. Or of course the Monkees.
Against my better judgement,i ran this by Mz Kempton Her instant reply ??? Oh i totally agree Kemps, you should go out with the lads more... I don't mind in the slightest. I'd prefer it if you didn't return,with a broken finger,because you were that **** faced you fell over on your'e way home,having pissed your'e pant's...daft bastard. I'm ashamed to say,these events are factual,and didn't involve harming animals,or any other living beings. Kempton Klutz is 50 years of age.
