visitor to take the dugout back to Camp Leakey for help.
My repeated blows had no effect on Gundul ; but neither did he fight back very aggressively .
I began to realize that Gundul did not intend to harm the cook , but had something else in mind .
The cook stopped struggling . " It's all right , " she murmured.
She lay back in my arms , with Gundul on top of her .
Gundul was very calm and deliberate .
He raped the cook .
As he moved rhythmically back and forth , his eyes rolled upward to the heavens .
I was in shock .
I felt as though this were happening to other people somewhere else, and I was watching from a distance.
I have no idea how much time passed.
In short , orangutans reveal to us a natural context in which male aggression and violence occur , and they especially reveal rape as a primary reproductive strategy for males too young to have established themselves in such a way as to be attractive to females.
Moreover, orangutangs are not unique. Rape is rampant in the wild.
Male scorpion flies, mallard ducks, fish, snow geese, mountain bluebirds, and as we will see, even chimps and captive gorillas rape females.
