Mom and Newborn Monkey Escape Wild Dogs
Clip: Season 44 Episode 6 | 2m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Shortly after giving birth, a mother and her newborn face a dangerous threat.
Shortly after giving birth away from her troop, a new mother langur and her newborn face a dangerous threat: wild dogs searching for an easy meal.
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Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Fairweather Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...
Mom and Newborn Monkey Escape Wild Dogs
Clip: Season 44 Episode 6 | 2m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Shortly after giving birth away from her troop, a new mother langur and her newborn face a dangerous threat: wild dogs searching for an easy meal.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] Last night, she moved away from the troop and gave birth.
Tender moments like these create a bond with her baby, but away from the troop, the pair are vulnerable.
And there are some things for which it is impossible to prepare.
(dog barking) (birds chirping) Feral dogs on the lookout for an easy meal.
(monkeys screeching) (dog barking) A newborn baby monkey is an obvious target.
She needs to find a way back to the safety of the troop (monkey grunting) without injuring her baby.
(monkey screeches) (dog barking) (monkey grunting) (monkey screeching) The troop rally around her.
(monkeys screeching) (monkey grunting) (dog growls) (monkey screeching) Her practice has paid off.
(monkey grunting) And now that she's returned to the safety of the troop, she has as many trusted babysitters as any mother could wish for.
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