Baboon moms carry deceased infants for up to 10 days
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 11, 2020
Wild baboon mothers carry dead infants for up to ten days, according to a new study. The research promises to illuminate the ways animals deal with death. Over the course of 13 years, scientists observing wild Namibian chacma baboons documented group responses to 12 infant deaths. Chacma baboons live in mixed-sex groups ranging in size from 20 to 100 primates. The groups are orga