Net Neutrality explained...

The Zoo wants to thank PoliticsTV.com for putting the above video out. It's a really good primer on the Net Neutrality debate for those you who don't like to read:)

We love to give credit where credit is due so...here are the credits right off of YouTube.

"The internet is under attack by huge telecoms like AT&T. Do Americans care? Musicians like Moby care because your ability to download and listen to music from iTunes and videos from youtube could be in jeopardy. The only way to save the internet from these big companies is through NET NEUTRALITY. Watch this video to see Moby bring the issue of NET NEUTRALITY to Congress.

Produced & Edited by Laura Dawn, Adam Green, and Jason Rosenberg &
Dan Manatt of PoliticsTV
Directed by Laura Dawn
Music by Daron Murphy & Laura Dawn"
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We wouldn't be the Naked Zoo without some truly Naked News every now and then:) Our Naked News today...Animal Masturbation;)

I want to thank a regular listener and big Zoo fan Lem Churchkey for sending me this info...

"Species that can masturbate do so! All humanoid
lifeforms do it with their hands. Those that can will
lick their genitals until orgasm, rub their antlers on
the ground, large wild cats will gyrate themselves
against tree trunks for pleasure & climaxes, some
monkeys even construct particular tools, for example
with leaves & twigs, specifically for the purpose of
masturbation. Octopuses self-stimulate their own
tentacles' sexual organs. The phenomenon is practiced
across the natural kingdoms far and wide using a
wondrous array of techniques.

Masturbation also occurs widely among animals, both
male and female. A variety of creative techniques are
used, including genital stimulation using the hand or
front paw (primates, Lions), foot (Vampire Bats,
primates), flipper (Walruses), or tail (Savanna
Baboons), sometimes accompanied by stimulation of the
nipples (Rhesus Macaques, Bonobos); auto-fellating or
licking, sucking and/or nuzzling by a male of his own
penis (Common Chimpanzees, Savanna Bonobos, Vervet
Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, Thinhorn Sheep, Bharal,
Aovdad, Dwarf Cavies); stimulation of the penis by
flipping or rubbing it against the belly or in its own
sheath (White-tailed and Mule Deer, Zebras and Takhi);
spontaneous ejaculations (Mountain Sheep, Warthogs,
Spotted Hyenas); and stimulation of the genitals using
inanimate objects (found in several primates and
cetaceans).

Many birds masturbate by mounting and copulating with
tufts of grass, leaves or mounds of earth, and some
mammals such as primates and Dolphins also rub their
genitals against the ground or other surfaces to
stimulate themselves.

Masturbation in female mammals, as well as
heterosexual and homosexual intercourse (especially in
primates), often involves direct or indirect
stimulation of the clitoris [...]. This organ is
present in the females of all mammalian species and
several other animal groups"

Apes and Monkeys use a variety of objects to
masturbate with and even deliberately create
implements for sexual stimulation [...] often in
highly creative ways"

Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl, PhD"

I thought this was a great topic for 6-6-06 in light of the proposed Ban People from Having Sex and Telling People Who They Can Love Amednment

Can't we all just get along...with ourselves...in private? :)

Stay Naked.

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