Monkey mother grief hugged the body 3 days

The photographer has captured the most painful moment about the monkey holding her body in 3 days.

The heartbreaking spectacle was recorded by photographer Andrew Walmsley (31 years old) at Tangkoko National Park and Nature Reserve in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Two monkeys of the black crested monkey family, classified as extremely dangerous animals due to being hunted and losing their habitat.

The two mother monkeys belong to the black crested monkey family

According to the photographer, the mother monkey spent many days at the dead monkey's body just weeks after birth. She held her child with sad eyes, a gentle, gentle gesture and threatened any animal to find an approach.

In the picture, the mother monkey bared her teeth and threatened the male monkey who was touching the monkey

Photographer Walmsley, from Oxford City (UK), said he and his team first saw the sight of a monkey holding her baby from around 11 o'clock.

The photographer recounted: 'At first, I saw the mother monkey passing by my face and made me notice because the animal carried it in front of her chest. However, the legs of the animal were dragged to the ground and the hands did not embrace the mother's stomach. He cradled the monkey, sat down, and looked at him motionlessly for more than 15 minutes. Later, a young male monkey approached and tried to touch the monkey. However, the monkey mother bared her teeth, grabbed the male monkey wrist and pushed it away and she hugged her child again. '

My mother hugged her body sadly

Photographers said that observing animal actions is a difficult process and the sight of a mother losing her baby is like a moment of loss in humans.'We followed the mother monkey for 1 hour, then sat down to observe it. You will realize that there are not many differences that hold us and them when witnessing behaviors like this , 'the photographer said.

Black monkeys continue to hold their dead child in 2 days

After Walmsley left the park, the black crested monkey continued to hold the dead child for another two days, before letting go of the baby monkey.

The national park and the conservation area of ​​Tangkoko is currently the main stronghold protecting black crested monkeys. This species is threatened by the increasingly violent hunting of humans because monkey meat is considered a favorite dish of Indonesians in special events such as Christmas and Easter.