Animal Tracks Inc. is located about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

This animal sanctuary takes in former exotic pets and entertainment industry animals and

gives them a new lease on life.

The menagerie includes several Capuchin monkeys, kangaroos, wolf hybrids, a baboon named

Chrissy, and my BFF, a six-minute armadillo called Frank the Tank, and you might find something

else at Animal Tracks.

That is the sound of a lesbian monkey love triangle, three monkeys, two species, and one hell

of a love story.

I'm Natalia Reagan, a primatologist and science comedian, and you're listening to Science

Quickly.

Bailey is a top, Hayley is a power bottom, and Macy's a flip, she's a flipper.

She goes, she can do both.

That's Michelle Klein, an animal caretaker and volunteer at Animal Tracks.

She's talking about the stars of this primate love triangle, three female Capuchin monkeys

named Bailey, Hayley, and Macy.

Now as scientists, when we describe animals, we don't typically use terms such as gay,

or lesbian, and certainly not power bottom.

We might say something more clinical, such as same-sex behavior, which, by the way, is

something that's now been documented in more than 1,500 different species.

Those scientists may record copious amounts of same-sex behavior by individuals in the

wild, we still recognize we are not seeing the full spectrum of their behavior.

That's why bisexual or pansexual is a more suitable term for such primates.

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