Langur Monkeys Grieve Over Robot Monkey

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Langur Monkeys Grieving!

Langur monkeys mistake the motionless robotic Spy Langur Monkey that was accidentally dropped as a lifeless baby langur and begin to grieve.

Clip from episode 1 'Love' of our new 5 part series "Spy in the Wild" starting Thursday 12th January, 8pm on BBC 1.

Narrated by David Tennant

Series Directed by John Downer

Music by Will Gregory

SPY IN THE WILD, A NATURE MINISERIES, a John Downer Production for BBC, PBS and THIRTEEN Productions LLC, premieres Wednesdays, February 1-March 1, 8-9 pm ET on PBS stations.

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[laurenjones]

1:35
It's just so touching that they hug each other like that. . .

[cipher]

Ok so now we have to send in a spy therapist folks.

[mamadougueye]

Why ya got them in their feelings like that 😂

[sahilchambyal]

Monkies on his funeral.
"he was a quite kid and never misbehaved. Can't believe Jack pushed him down from a tall tree. "

[diamonddog]

The fact that they're actually hugging each other to comfort each other is amazing.

[ThatOneKidYouSeen]

*When you accidentally cause a tribe of monkeys to have severe depression.*

[jinx]

Holy crap, it’s so human how they convey their heartbreak.

[justanothermortal]

Poor monkeys were made to go through a traumatic event that didn't even happen 😢. But this experiment revealed a lot about their level of empathy.

[Jessica-nnmm]

When it dropped and one of the monkeys picked it up I literally felt heartbroken they don't know it's a robot their going to grieve over it for a long time I'm guessing

[ljuegvq]

This is honestly so sweet...
And people said animals don't have feelings.. yeah right.

[The_torero]

Omg. They actually comforted eachother like family members at a funeral @ 1:40.

[-Diana]

Watching them hugging their own children shows how much they love them.💜

[bakainu]

**Drops baby*

Everybody : *depression level increases to 100%*

[laurry]

How they all cuddle together😭 I’m crying

[jimb.]

*R.I.P. Spy Monkey*

*2017-2017*

*Killed in the line of duty.*

😔😔😔😔😔

[compa]

That monkey is gonna live with the guilt feeling that he killed a baby

[genesisvasquez]

*drops baby monkey*
Monkeys: DANG IT CARL YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!!

[jaywalt]

Oh man..wish more people were this compassionate. Didn’t even know lil guy and still felt grief. Wow..we could learn a lot

[Keodo]

These monkeys have more emotional support than I do.

[Alteori]

0:34 :( I feel for her.
I know people seemed shocked by how human "they" are but we forget, "we" are much like them. We are all primates.