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Behaviour of juvenile bonnet monkey before and after his mother gives birth to a new baby

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Five juveniles in a free living group of bonnet monkeys were observed before and after their mothers gave births to new babies. The human infant is said to be a rival of his sibling because the new born baby becomes a centre of mother’s affection and the old infant starts feeling neglected. The present study was planned to observe this phenomenon in monkeys. It has been concluded that the so called sibling rivalry does not exist in monkeys.

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  1. Bio-Psychology Laboratory, University of Mysore-6, India

    Mewa Singh

  2. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mannsa Gantotri Mysore-570006, India

    Rajesh Sachdeva

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Singh, M., Sachdeva, R. Behaviour of juvenile bonnet monkey before and after his mother gives birth to a new baby. Primates 18, 605–610 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02383138

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