Baby screams. Onlookers glower. Mom gives in — even when she’s a monkey.
DON’T CRY | Female rhesus macaques and their babies cluster amiably, but an infant tantrum can disrupt the scene. Piercing shrieks of a baby denied a chance to nurse can drive nearby monkeys to violence, and mom often gives in to a public tantrum.
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