Seeking pleasure comes naturally to us humans, and we experience it in various ways, including sex. But it turns out plenty of other organisms also seek out the feeling of sexual pleasure, even outside mating purposes.

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MS Macaque adult and infant, foraging in snow

Group of snow monkey (Japanese Macaque) in Hot spring, Jigokudani, Nagano.

SNOW MONKEY enjoy hot spring

Japanese Snow Monkey Winter Hot Spring

Japanese Snow Monkey Winter Hot Spring

MCU Macaque relaxing in water

Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey)

SNOW MONKEY enjoy hot spring

CU Macaque plays with camera lens curiously

MCU Two macaques feeding, get chased off by bigger macaque

MS Snow Monkey (Japanese Macaque) / Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

CU Macaque staring in surprise

Snow Monkey's Grooming

Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) bathing in thermal spring: submissive behaviour to dominant monkey, in the Onsen of Jigokudani yaenkoen, Nagano Prefecture

Snow Monkey's Grooming

MS Snow Monkeys (Japanese Macaque) in Hot Spring / Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

MS Snow baby Monkey (Japanese Macaque) in Hot Spring / Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

CU Snow Monkey (Japanese Macaque) / Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

CU MS Monkeys grooming each other / Madagascar

Snow Monkey (Japanese Macaque) on snow ground eating

HD Slow Motion: Snow Monkey Japanese Macaque on tree eating

Japanese Macaques mating, Kinkazan Island, Japan