Grieving Mother Wont Leave Infant Monkeys 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