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Rare White Baby Colobus Monkey Born, Troop Females Fight to Hold It

Original: Mother Colobus Gives Birth to a Pure White Baby… Then Every Female Wants It |4K Wildlife Documentary

A colobus monkey has given birth to a pure white infant, and footage shows other females in the troop immediately competing to carry and care for the newborn. This allomothering behaviour is common among colobus monkeys, where troop members share infant care, but the baby's unusual white colouring has drawn particular attention. The story is circulating widely as a wildlife documentary clip, with viewers fascinated by both the rare appearance and the intense communal nurturing on display.

Why now: The rare white infant and the dramatic communal scramble among females to care for it make striking, emotionally engaging wildlife footage.

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