Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?
The Conversation · 29 Sep 2026

Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?

In 2003, in the deep forests of Bossou in Guinea, a chimpanzee mother did something that reshaped how we view animal minds. Jire carried the the lifeless body of her one-year-old infant Jimato for some 68 days. Even as the infant mummified before her, she gently swatted flies away, carefully placed


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