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[monkeywire] Orphaned Monkey gets Suckled by Generous Mum
- 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'nt 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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