
Monkey troop rescue their orphan from police station http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_636617.html?menu= Monkeys rescued an orphaned member of their troop from an Indian police station after its mother was shot dead. The female langur was feeding on a tree when an orchard owner brought her down with an airgun in Murshidabad. The man was arrested by police for shooting a protected species with something smaller then a .50 caliber rifle, but the baby wouldn't let go of its dead mother, despite her... Well... Being dead and all. The baby was reported as saying, "Damn you! Damn you all to hell! You go to hell and you die!" The baby was not available for comment. Police took the body to their station, where the baby continued to suckle its mother to the amusement of the police officers. The apparently bored police officers took turns pretending to be the dead monkey mother so that the baby would suckle them as well. Officers graciously allowed it to stay the night, but sometime around 3am around 30 monkeys laid siege to the station - gathering outside and on the roof pelting the station with fresh feces. Officers were surprised when some monkeys managed to sneak into the station brandishing firearms, utilize the snack and soda machines and then quietly take the baby away with them without detection. Right in front of their eyes. Inspector Prabir Dutta told newspaper Pragati: "What we saw was absolutely amazing. It was as if the monkeys had made up their minds to loot the place and take back their baby. One of the female officers in the building held it close to her chest and even offered her teats to be sucked... Which is far past where any of us male officers have been able to get with her." "The monkeys behaved in an exemplary fashion and impressed us with their show of tactics and throwing range with their feces. Human beings have a lot to learn from them." Later millions of local people and goats carried the body of the monkey in a procession, chanting the name of Hindu monkey god "Tim", before burying it on the banks of a river with the ceremonial garden trowel. The orchard owner Syed Raza, who was released on bail, said: "I feel terrible. I had no intention of using such a small caliber weapon. I just grabbed whatever was closest and the air rifle was in my childs crib." |