Heartbroken Baby Monkey Clings to Dead Mom and Cries After Tragic Car Accident

Heartbroken Baby Monkey Clings to Dead Mom and Cries After Tragic Car Accident
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When animals lose a loved one, do they mourn like humans? The stories below prove that they do. While animals and humans are profoundly different, they also grieve in very similar ways.

A heartbreaking video of a baby monkey crying over its dead mother has been circulating on the internet since 2017. The mother was tragically hit by a speeding car while crossing the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka National highway in Elathur, Southern India.