accident prone chimps.
19-02-2008
ever read 'Through a Window' by Jane Goodall?
One chimp mother she was studying was a rather lazy mother and often left her 3 year old youngster to play unattended. One day JG was watching the baby playing high up in a tree in a gale force wind, while the mother sat on the ground. Suddenly an extra strong gust caused the baby to lose its grip in the branches and literally blew it out of the tree- she described how it sailed through the air 'like a rag doll' and then crashed onto the hard ground beneath where it lay facedown, totally inert. JG thought it must be dead but the mother rushed over and picked it up and cuddled it- amazingly it was still alive and suckled the mother for comfort. Some days later she didn't see it anymore- it had obviously died from internal injuries. So wild chimps can be accident prone too....
Last edited by Pertinax; 19-02-2008 at 10:27 PM.
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