Chimpanzee mother seen caring for severely disabled baby in the wild

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Nov 17, 2015, 8:40 am106 pts
In Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania, a team of Japanese scientists observed a mother chimpanzee taking care of her severely disabled baby in the wild. This is the first-ever detailed report of a wild female chimpanzee's response to her disabled infant, researchers write in a recent paper published…

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