Monkey and Baby Are Best of Friends

Forget puppy love. This friendship is primal.

ByABC News
January 8, 2015, 12:10 PM
A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.
A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.
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— -- Baby monkey. Baby girl. Best friends.

Need we say more?

PHOTO: A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.
A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.

Adorable photos of this unlikely friendship could melt even the hardest of hearts. The monkey reportedly wandered into the little girl's home in northern India and the two bonded right away. They are playmates, but the monkey also at times acts as a mother to the baby, picking nits as monkeys do to their own young.

PHOTO: A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.
A baby and monkey have become unlikely friends. The girl struck up the unique friendship when the monkey strayed into her family's home. Initially the parents were shocked to see the wild animal in their home and near their child.