Jan 12, 2012
Baby chimpanzee adopted by a dog
From English Russia…
Two years ago, in one of the Russian zoos, a female chimpanzee for some reason repudiated her baby chimpanzee. When one of the employees of the zoo took the little chimpanzee home, it never crossed her mind that her dog, a mastiff, would become a mother for the orphan chimpanzee and treat the cute little baby as her own child.
(via Ian Brooks)
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If only humans were more like dogs and chimps, this world would be a better place.
This is how I used to feel until I found a mentally scarring video on youtube that changed my whole perspective on things. Chimps have no morals. Yes, people need to remember that we’re animals sometimes and retain the good side of animal nature, but animals do some sick and twisted things that humans *should* resist the urge to do.
All too often, humans give in to abhorrent drives, rather than the good, that come with being animals. But make no mistake: animals have them, too.
“Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behaviour” https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.html?pagewanted=all
You should link to your Immoral chimps.
Chimps have very similar behavior to humans. Chimps in the wild do have warfare and do hunt (but so do humans). The worst things wild chimps do is hunt monkeys, but people hunt gorillas and chimps so that is really no different. People also have a class system that allows some to live with riches, cars, and all kinds of luxuries while people with no running water manufacture our goods for us for very little wages. Chimps probably wouldn’t do that. They may have better morals than humans.
Hey Jessica
I like Chimps better than women like you, that babble on about every complaint and notion they have,And Really, in the face of such a nice story, P.S there is much proof animal are basically good, they are driven mostly by hunger and horny, Indeed capable of un conditional Love, find a new place to express your obvoius temptation to spout off animal have no morales,and your phyco babble ,mammals are capable of making right and wrong decisions, and Thankfully they do not know how to use the net, like you
The dog looks so patient!
Her patience will certainly be tried.
So freakin’ sweet!
These photos are very sweet and also amusing (the brown puppy is sniffing at that diaper). Yes, Mom looks world weary; but she has four pups and a chimp to see to. And she must have given birth recently.
To Cara Herzberg: Don’t despair of humankind, remember…
“one of the employees of the zoo took the little chimpanzee home”
Does it really have to wear a diaper?
@Brian, the chimpanzee is wearing a diaper(/nappy if your English like me) because they are unable to control their bowls at that young age (much like a human child) so will soil themselves and not be able to clean themselves. In the wild, the mother would push the baby away from her as they cling on and encourage the baby to do it away from it (over the side of the nest usually) and she will clean up afterwards. In captivity, when hand rearing, its not always possible to do this. Much like a human child, the nappy is used to soak up the urine and not allow the chimp to mess everywhere so the carer can take it off and clean it up afterwards. It helps prevent things like urine scolds when the urine gets on sensitive areas and burns. I am extremely passionate about primates and I hate seeing any primate treated like a human child (and I have a few words I could say about the situation in these photos but I won’t), but wearing a nappy is just a sensible option for hand rearing primates that I have seen used in rescue centres in Indonesia and Africa that release hand reared orphans back to the wild. Once they gain control a bit more the nappy is not used. I’m just glad they haven’t put it in a tshirt and jeans!
Actually, Aime, you spoke too soon about being glad the “adopted” chimpanzee wasn’t inappropriately dressed.
Because you “hate seeing any primate treated like a human child,” you probably shouldn’t click on the original Russian source link atop this post, which has a few additional images (http://englishrussia.com/2012/01/09/chimpanzee-adopted-by-a-mastiff/).
At least its pair of cringe-worthy snapshots are last in that larger set. And remember, don’t blame this American messenger — I agree with you!
Well done Aime, you should be very proud of your good deeds, and knowledge, what became of the orphan ?