GORILLAS AND ‘HAIRY WOMEN’

An attempt to find out ‘What do gorillas and hairy women have in common’ by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, has drawn sharp comments. UWA, probably thinking it was a humorous way to attract attention to the UN Year of the Gorilla (2009), issued a quarter page advert with the following text: "You may imagine that both gorillas and hairy women are very keen on their grooming, but as research has not established that all hairy women go the extra mile on that front, it is not so. One way in which gorillas establish and reinforce bonds is by social grooming. One gorilla will groom the other by combing through its fur with fingers and teeth. This promotes cleanliness and the close contact and touch between the animals helps in social bonding. Social grooming can relax a gorilla so much, that it will go into a trance. As for hairy women, the name gorilla comes from the Greek world Gorillai, which means hairy women." This advert first appeared in local media on September 9 – and we suspect will appear nowhere else......