Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be super problematic whether you ’re human or monkey , which is why faculty at Camperdown Wildlife Centre in Dundee , Scotland , made the decision to shut the zoo for a week following the loss of one of their lion - tailed macaques . The wildlife center will remain closed until Thursday , giving the macaque scout troop time to mourn without being gape at by passerby - by .
The zoo shared the tidings in a Facebook stake last Friday , telling likely visitors , " We are closing early today ( Fri 29th ) to turn with some of our creature restfully . We apologise for any worriment this may have do this afternoon to our visitors . give thanks you . "
On Sunday , Camperdown extend the irregular block to Thursday , explaining that “ Lion - tailed macaques are a highly societal species and as part of their born grieving outgrowth have been guarding and preening this youngster which will help the whole radical make out to terms with their red ink . ”
The news program has been met with an overwhelmingly positively charged response with many people praising the zoological garden for frame the animals ' public assistance above profits .
Macaques are highly societal , very smart monkeys that know in strict hierarchical group known as military personnel . They settle into the Old World monkey class , a club that includesbaboonsandmangabeys , which means they took a different evolutionary way to apes such asgorillas , orangutans , and , of class , humanity .
Despite this , they still share some93 per centum of their DNAwith us and exhibit a image of human - like behaviors . This includesusing tools(likehuman hair as dental floss ) andsmiling in their nap . Previous research also seems to suggest that they havethe vocal power to blab . alas , they do n’t appear to have the brain capacity to do so .
When it come to the going of a kinsperson fellow member or champion , there is grounds to advise that they , like human being , aggrieve . Yet the full extent of monkeys ' relationship with death remain a number of a enigma .
Researchers have watch as monkeysgather in silencearound dead bodies or display house of anxiety such asyawning , scratching , and scream . One documentaryappeared to capture a mathematical group of langur imp mourn the release of a dead babe even though this " scamp " was , in literal fact , a automaton in disguise .
This exceptional breed of macaque , the lion - tailed macaque , is make after its long keister , which has a Panthera leo - like tassel at its end . They live in the dry woods and tropical rainforest of India , but habitat destruction has put them on theendangered list .
