This Baby Monkey Was Found Clinging To His Dead Mother's Back

A touching story about the power of maternal instincts and a lucky baby monkey

This weekend, colleagues of mine in vet school, Tricyn Huntsman and Jonathan Liu, had gone to visit Nevis, the sister island to St. Kitts in the Caribbean.

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While there, they found a dead female Green Vervet Monkey. Upon closer inspection, this baby monkey was discovered clinging to her back.

Tricyn states, " I won't lie, I teared up when I had to tell a little girl who was watching that the mommy was just sleeping when we had to pull the baby off in front a group of children"

Huntsman and Liu rescued the helpless baby monkey, taking him from Nevis back to St. Kitts.

After a short ferry ride, baby monkey spent a night cozy with fluffy towels in a makeshift crib laundry basket. He got a couple hours of sleep, 1 banana, some peach fruit, and a jar of baby food.

In the morning, they took him to one of the "monkey hot-spots", Shipwreck.

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Shipwreck is a popular restaurant and bar on the Caribbean Ocean that backs up to the forest and mountains and is known for its large Green Vervet Monkey population.

They introduce baby monkey to his new surroundings at Shipwreck

Tricyn feeds baby monkey one last time and puts his basket onto the ground...

Then, something amazing happens! Huntsman says, "We witnessed such a great moment... One of the females picked him up and mothered it as her own!"

Baby Monkey chillin' with his new mama!

Here's a video of how it all went down

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Good job Tricyn and Jonathan! You'll both be great veterinarians in the near future!