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A heartbroken mother chimpanzee is still carrying her baby's mummified remains at a Spanish zoo, three months after it died.
Unable to say goodbye to her baby, grief stricken mother Natalia takes its body everywhere with her in her enclosure at Bioparc Valencia.
The zoo said in a statement on May 10 that the baby chimp died at the beginning of February, a common occurrence with the species which has a high infantile mortality rate.
Chimpanzees are known to mourn, but this mother's grief is reportedly quite severe.
'This is a species where social ties and group cohesion are fundamental, so all members are affected by these sad events', the Spanish zoo said.
A grieving chimpanzee mother still carries around her baby's mummified remains, three months after it sadly passed away
'They need a period of 'grieving' and little by little they come to terms with reality and the loss, although the mother may still needs time to even let go
