<<But all of the monkeys and apes carry their babies on their bodies.>>
There was a surprise birth at the LA Zoo. The keepers want to find out who the
father is because there may have been a vasectomy failure (either that or the
43 year old monkey was monkeying around). The keeper stated it would be at
least a year or more before they could "get to the baby" because mom would not
put the baby down until then.
Marie Davis, RN, IBCLC

BTW I was watching "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Two of the leads had babies at
about the same time. One in the hospital and one at home. It struck me as odd
that for the mother that delivered in the hospital (Joan Blondell) they were
worried about the baby dying while with the mom that delivered at home they
were worried about the mom dying.
Near the end of the movie Joan Blondell's character said "We've got to get
home. Steve's got to deliver milk to a lot of them babies that like that
bottled kind," and made a nasty, "can you believe?" face.