8/15/2023 0 Comments Human baby vs chimpanzee baby![]() ![]() Buddie was the baby they could never have, they loved and adored her, taking her with them everywhere they went, including trips to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. It should not be shocking to learn that monkeys grow up to be just that - monkeys.įor this article, Kari relayed two stories illustrating real-life tragic endings of 'failed surrogate childhood' for Buddie and Tyler, capuchin monkeys who are now permanent residents of Jungle Friends:īuddie, our little diabetic capuchin monkey, was the surrogate child of two gay women. Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary in Gainesville, Florida is all too familiar with the tragic consequences (for all concerned primates) that can result when a formerly dependent baby monkey reaches adolescence. Regardless of any intentions, and despite the fact that baby monkeys' features bear a striking resemblance to human primates, those who believe simian primates are a suitable "substitute" for human children are - at best -misguided. ![]() The presence of a completely dependent baby monkey may be intended by many of these individuals to ward off loneliness and depression due to a lack of human contact or it is often the case that the baby monkeys are used as objects for projection of nurturing instincts. Though this phenomenon has not reached levels to warrant inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, regretfully, it is not uncommon for childless couples, individuals or "empty-nesters" to seek acquisition of a baby monkey to fill a psychological void in their lives. Rose's "appeal", under a subject line proclaiming, "I am willing to give a monkey a good home!", represents a phenomenon which can appropriately be referred to as 'monkeys intended to act as surrogate children.' The text above was taken verbatim from a recent e-mail message. Would you please help me find a monkey to buy? ". I would do anything to have an adorable little monkey. I haven't got a lot of money so is there anyway you can help me and let me pay for a monkey in payments? I'll even pay double if I could possibly pay in payments. ![]() And I made up my mind then and there that I wanted a baby monkey. Then about a week ago she moved out of state and took the monkey with her. Now I'm all grown up and wanting a child of my own! So recently one of my best friends purchased a monkey and she dressed it up and took it over to my house. I can't have any children due to the fact of having cancer as a child. Johnston, The Negro in the New World (London: Methuen & Co., 1910) Little children were torn from their mothers’ arms soon after they were weaned, to be kept - as ‘a pet’ by privileged Southernwomen. Surrogate The Phenomenon of Monkeys as 'Surrogate Children' by Linda J. ![]()
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