Langurs Mourn Death of 'Spy Monkey'

A robot 'spy monkey' captures a shared moment of grief.
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This troop of Langur Monkeys show empathetic behavior as they mourn what they think is a dead baby Langur. The seemingly lifeless juvenile is actually a robotic spy monkey, designed to film the primates.

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[OxAintAFanxO]

You just gave the whole colony crippling depression.

[branbeelotus]

Amazing. They seem to understand the finality of death.

[srbrant]

“We will always miss his flinging skills, his calm and reserved attitude, the battery pack between his shoulder— Hold the phone!”

[jamesjung]

This shows how animals are more sentient then we give credit for.

[myaremojidailytalk]

I feel bad and its sad but I tried so hard not to laugh when the monkey droped the dead one

[esperaccelerator]

wow this is both heart warming and hilarious

[critterfreek]

"I killed it. Everything I touch gets ruined!"

[Ricky-rowf]

kinda fucked up you made them think they killed an infant

[bantehayes]

Aw I didn't know they hug each other. That's so sad and cute.

[lunarservant]

"alright baby, let's go-*drops it* oh goddamnit"

[johncase]

You all should have made the robot monkey come back to life. The monkeys would have thought it was their robot Jesus and started a new religion.

[christiankerr]

YOU JUST GOT PRANKED, BRO! THE CAMERA IS RIGHT THERE.

[FluffiestBunBuns]

five years later these same langurs build a human infant robot and haves the camera crew adopted and then the langurs shove the infant bot off the roof.

but it's just for observation.

[krisramos]

Wow this gets me really interested in nature and shit. It's like the only way I can describe it, they behave just like us when we lose someone.

[justindy]

Its like were playing there emotions, damn now i feel bad about them

[rydag]

We have a lot to learn from the animals

[jamesdixon]

That is surprising, the colony is traumatized for life, not the best idea

[praveenliverpool]

I wish humans could behave in such a touching way🙏

[MrBenji]

As extraordinary as it is to witness this, to experiment with the emotions of animals is utterly manipulative and redundant. How many more "social experiments" and psychological manipulations will it take for the science community to understand that in general animals have emotional capacities like we do?

[dpedrosoliano]

thats the most cutest and civilized thing i have ever seen frm monkeys