Monkey cherishes dead babies

(XATVS.com)
Updated: 2007-03-27 12:23

The mother monkey was reluctant to leave her child even though it was dead. Experts recently observed wild golden monkeys on Qinling Mountain in Northwest Shaanxi Province carrying around dead baby monkeys.

Experts said the golden monkeys were demonstrating their strong feeling by carrying around their dead offspring. As with primates, monkeys have complex social structures and emotions like human beings.



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