Bonobos, a close relation of the chimp, actually live the life that the dirty hippies aspire to live. Not only do they exist in a primeval, matriarchal, paradise where food simply falls from the trees with no effort or labor, but whenever the troupe encounters a rich trove of a favorite fruit, they immediately engage in a frenzied group-sexual orgy: gay, straight, pedophiliac (Pedomonkey!) with no taboos except that male bonobos are reluctant to rut with their mothers.
This is explained as a means of keeping group cohesion in the face of a potential conflict over resources, literally the hippie adage "make love, not war."
https://www.sexualityresource.com/blog/sex-in-the-wild
This embarrassing predilection for ape-orgies is probably why they do not feature more in nature documentaries.
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