Bonobo Talk

Me (reading item in the Chronicle): Have you ever heard of a primate called the bonobo?

Kate: No.

Me: This says it’s called ” ‘the hippie of the forest’ because of its preference for resolving conflict through sex rather than violence.”

Kate: How do they resolve conflict through sex?

Me: I need to find more information about that.

Kate: Make love, not war.

(Beyond our charming chit-chat and the lightweight item in the paper, the un-cute context for the story.)