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Zoo Takes Odd Approach to Encourage Monkey Mating

At the Trentham Monkey Forest, there’s been an ongoing effort to get their 140 Barbary macaques to mate. To help them along, they’ve enlisted the services of a Marvin Gaye…

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At the Trentham Monkey Forest, there’s been an ongoing effort to get their 140 Barbary macaques to mate.

To help them along, they’ve enlisted the services of a Marvin Gaye impersonator to serenade the primates with hits like “Let’s Get It On” and “Sexual Healing.”

In about six months, we’ll find out how well the stunt worked.

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