Monkeys have a fine eye for commerce

NonDairyCreamer reports that monkeys will pay for sexy pictures. It would appear that a prime image of female monkey bum will fetch a pretty price, and that’s without getting eBay into the picture. The study found that rhesus macaques were willing to accept less fruit juice if they could look at pictures of sexually attractive or powerful monkeys. The article already pointed out the link between this and humanity’s obsession with celebrity gossip magazines (which I hear was the third-highest priority in the lastest State of the Union address) so it’s nice to see that scientists are using animals to research something deep and meaningful for a change.