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  • From: Dave Smith <daves AT statenet.com>
  • To: monkeywire <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [monkeywire] Orphaned Monkey gets Suckled by Generous Mum
  • Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:46:21 -0800 (PST)


From www.phuketgazette.com


Orphaned Monkey gets Suckled by Generous Mum

A newborn baby girl named Kai suddenly found her milk supply cut in
half after her generous mom decided to extend her right breast to an
orphaned monkey.

The mother, 17-year old Saiphon Tiammmaroeng, said, "“Three months
before Kai was born I went to the Goo Phra Goh Na temple in Roi-Et and
my cousin who'’s a monk there asked me to tak ecare of an orphaned
monkey".

The baby monkey'’s mother had died after climbing an electric pole
while trying to escape a pack of dogs. Unfortunately she died, but
unbelievably her 1-month old baby hung onto her chest and survived.

Saiphon brought the monkey home, named her “Lek” (small) and fed her
with store-bought milk. "“Then one day I was breast-feeding my
daughter and the monkey walked over and began to drink from my other
breast," she said.

Since then a strong mother-monkey bond has developed and Saiphon
continues to breastfeed Lek.

“I promised Lek that I would'n’t let her go back to the frttes. We
belong to each other until one of us passes away.”




  • [monkeywire] Orphaned Monkey gets Suckled by Generous Mum, Dave Smith, 12/18/2002

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