Grieving Mother Won’t Leave Infant Monkey’s Side

ID: 1571687 This is the heartbreaking scene where a grieving mother monkey couldn’t leave her dying infant’s side. In the emotional images and video footage, the mother langur can be seen sitting distraught in a tree, the infant draped in her hands. From that moment, the mother tried encouraging the infant - believed to be two days old - to feed, as well as interacting with other langurs, but to no avail. Photographer Archna Singh captured the moment during the height of a heatwave in Ranthambhore Na
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