Amazing but True - Monkey Babysits Indian Baby . . .

[Nova5]

A highly unlikely relationship is the talk of the town in this Indian village.

 

[Hugojoe]

Wow :shock:

 

[Butch]

Neat story, thanks Nova.

 

[el matador]

Unbelievable, cute :happy:.

 

[Nothingtodo]

What does he keep doing to his hair :neutral:

 

[jiggyjiggy]

What does he keep doing to his hair :neutral:

He's picking critters out of it or looking for them.

 

[Curly]

He's picking critters out of it or looking for them.

The mama instinct :great:

 

[Winston]

As soon as the kid is fat enough, the monkey is going to take him to meet the monkey's true master, Mr. Tiger.

 

[tboy]

What the monkey is doing is "grooming" which just about all primates do as a form of pair bonding or simply social grace.

As for the monkey "caring" for the baby, the only thing I saw it do was groom, not change the diaper, give it food or water or any of the other actions a mother does.

I bet if they could do a little research the monkey may have recently lost a baby of its own. I remember seeing a program on a group of chimps and if a new mother lost her baby, and there was another new born around, they'd let her take care of it also.

 

[tristansangels]

Way cute

Way cute

That was too cute. Thanks for sharing!!!