> [!cite] > Balcombe, Jonathan. *The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure*. University of California Press, 2011. --- ‘For bonobos, as for humans, sex functions much more than as a mere procreative activity. Sexual pleasure is interwoven into the very fabric of a bonobo’s waking existence. It is a social lubricant, practiced in various forms by all ages and gender combinations. Like touch, sex may soothe differences and defuse tensions.’ [[Balcombe, The Exultant Ark, 2011|(Balcombe 2011, 87)]] ^0526b9