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catbyte

(34,376 posts) Fri Jun 21, 2019, 07:56 PM Jun 2019

Monkey's Family Welcomes Him Back With Hugs

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Monkey's Family Welcomes Him Back With Hugs (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2019 OP

This was uplifting. delisen Jun 2019 #1

Oh, how beautiful! Proof that animals love their families too! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #2

That's a lump-in-the-throat sweet! Duppers Jun 2019 #3

Awwww! What a welcome! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #4

What surprised me was the apparent instant recognition from a distance. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #5

I've seen this one several times, but each time it leaves me with a lump in my throat. Fla Dem Jun 2019 #6

delisen

(6,043 posts)

1. This was uplifting.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:08 PM

Jun 2019

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

2. Oh, how beautiful! Proof that animals love their families too!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:20 PM

Jun 2019

I am so glad they are back together again.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)

3. That's a lump-in-the-throat sweet!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 02:07 AM

Jun 2019

💕

Rhiannon12866

(205,267 posts)

4. Awwww! What a welcome!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 04:29 AM

Jun 2019

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)

5. What surprised me was the apparent instant recognition from a distance.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 05:35 AM

Jun 2019

They didn't even have to smell him over good and thoroughly inspect him up close.

Does this mean that some animals remember individual features long-term and recognize faces and other physical properties as individually unique like humans?

However, those that reacted so strongly may be his mother and a sibling.....

KY.......

Fla Dem

(23,656 posts)

6. I've seen this one several times, but each time it leaves me with a lump in my throat.