How do you comfort a baby monkey that wants her mother? Give her a teddy bear of course! At least that's what they've done in the case of Conchita, a white-naped mangabey monkey born three weeks ago at the London Zoo. Her mother is still healing from the caesarean section she underwent while giving birth to Conchita, who is being hand-reared by zoo staff for the time being.

Conchita was given a teddy bear for companionship and is under the impression the toy is actually her mother. Thankfully the bear isn't expected to return the affection and the zoo has appointed Conchita a real, living keeper named Andrea (whom Conchita also seems quite fond of).

The white-naped magabey are on the critically endangered species list as they have experienced a loss of habitat in their native West Africa.

 
 

» Daily Mail