"...that's my client's story and he's not monkeying around"
Posted on 08/25/2017 7:52:09 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
A lonely monkey at an Israeli zoo has found a way to soothe her maternal urges: by adopting a chicken.
Niv, an Indonesian black macaque, has spent the past week caressing, cleaning and playing with the bird at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv.
"It seems that Niv, who is four years old and has reached the age of sexual maturity, has difficulty finding a partner," the zoo's spokeswoman Mor Porat said.
"This probably explains the maternal instinct she expresses to this chicken."
The bird, which doesn't have a name, could easily escape through the bars but chooses to stay near Niv.
"These kinds of relationships are rare," Porat told AFP. "Sometimes macaques kill and eat chickens that enter their pens or play with them until they die."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-loveless-monkey-chicken-israeli-zoo.html#jCp
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
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But...
WHICH came first?
Oh,great. You’re turning into one of those “Footballs have rights, too,” proponents? You were always such a solid citizen. Where have we gone wrong?
Every mammal, bird, fish, insect, crustacean can receive and express love in some form.
Except cats.
Life in the electric chair.
That poor lonely macaque is hankering fer some lovin’. Somebody cue Slick Willy.
Feeling empathy, a Tiger in a nearby cage invited them both over for dinner.
Perhaps you haven’t met the right cat.
LOL! Let’s send him a notification and post his response on Youtube. No, wait—I’m severely disappointed in Youtube and Paypal now. Please scuttle that suggestion.
Love your tagline!
LOLOL!!!
"...that's my client's story and he's not monkeying around"
Awww....
I disagree. I have watched many animal videos over the years, and I do believe that some higher animals are certainly capable of experiencing loneliness, depression, and grief.
Please see this part of the video linked at 6:21. Flint was an adolescent chimp that was overly attached to his mother, Flo. She was older when she had him, and she spoiled him. He couldn’t move on naturally like his brothers and sister. His attachment was not healthy...just like some humans get. And when she passed, he was not able to get over his grief.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqRTTUAGXrk&t=6m21s
I can provide other examples of this same sort of thing. I’ve seen stories and videos of it regarding dogs. Certainly primates. Elephants.
Please have a look at John Gluck’s book
He’s an innocent primate.
So am I!
Love wins.
I never had kids and never had to nurse maternal instincts, either.
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