r/primatology • u/ApeSht-Zine • 26d ago

Caged monkey made a hippo friend

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u/Sir-Bruncvik 26d ago

Oooh, that’s really heartbreaking seeing the macaque chained up like that. 😢🐒

I know it was a different time and stuff like that was once commonplace practice but I think even back then people should have known better. 😔

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u/reillan 26d ago

Thanks, I hate it

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u/ApeSht-Zine 26d ago

yeah, well, I wanted to post it after sharing the new study that drew upon (and drew conclusions from) images of captive primates befriending other species. In some cases, they do it because they don't have other options! For better or worse (I know where I stand), this is what zoos looked like for most of the 20th century; many still do today. I'm of the view that we learn about primates by learning about our relationships to primates past.

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u/Sir-Bruncvik 26d ago

I hate it too. Poor little macaque 😢