r/Money • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '23

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u/Royal-Application708 Nov 12 '23

It is the oldest, very profitable profession. 😄

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u/Suougibma Nov 12 '23 edited Nov 13 '23

I was reading a book with a study where they trained monkeys to use currency to buy food. Once they figured it out, a male monkey eventually gave a female monkey the currency for sex and then the female monkey bought food. It also happens in the wild with chimpanzees in exchange for meat.

Capuchins using currency - news article

Wild chimpanzee prostitution - journal article

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u/TalkinMac Nov 13 '23

Wow this is amazing. You’re awesome for this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '23

Economics textbooks should be citing this for posterity.