grieving ape eats her own dead decaying baby

At least for me, this incident is both totally heartbreaking and extremely sad and totally weird and disturbing all at the same time;

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-female-macaque-italian-sanctuary-ate.html

I wonder why seeing her own reflection was what set her off?
There has to be a reason for that.
What was going on there in her mind when she saw her own reflection?

Originally posted by @humy
At least for me, this incident is both totally heartbreaking and extremely sad and totally weird and disturbing all at the same time;

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-female-macaque-italian-sanctuary-ate.html

I wonder why seeing here own reflection was what set her off?
There has to be a reason for that.
What was going on there in her mind when she saw her own reflection?

This is just a little too much information as I sit here eating my breakfast sandwich. 😞

Originally posted by @humy
At least for me, this incident is both totally heartbreaking and extremely sad and totally weird and disturbing all at the same time;

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-female-macaque-italian-sanctuary-ate.html

I wonder why seeing her own reflection was what set her off?
There has to be a reason for that.
What was going on there in her mind when she saw her own reflection?

When your own child dies, it's easy to go ape.