A vervet monkey mother mourning her loss.

A vervet monkey mother (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) carries the body of her dead infant through a human-built environment in Nairobi, Kenya. The photograph records post-mortem maternal carrying behaviour and the mother’s continued attachment to her infant after death.

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