“An Indian woman is breastfeeding a baby monkey found abandoned by its mother,” Ananova reports.

Namita Das says she was spurred to suckle it by a combination of maternal and religious feelings.

She recently gave birth after many years of trying for a baby and felt the need to save the animal because she is a devotee of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman.

[…] Local school teacher Ballabh Saha said: ‘We can’t help feeling touched by her concern for the monkey. It’s like she believes it is her own child.’

Touching gesture? Or blood-chilling taboo? from Ananova

Hmmm. I believe I’ve heard speak of this Monkeychild — though in my culture’s oral history he’s called “Bright Eyes” and doted on by the sainted Dr. Zira, until he returns to the Great Beyond from whence he came…

[link via Drudge Report]