Pic of the day: A mother monkey saves her child


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Busy day for a monkey who saves her cub from being hit by a moped...and then again from becoming a dog's dinner.


 

 

A Monkey cub was first run over by a moped ..


 

 

 

 

Lurking nearby was a wild dog who sensed an easy kill. But just when the baby's fate seem sealed, its mother leapt to the rescue.



The mother stepped in to attack the moped driver before gunning for the hungry dog too





Dedicated mother: Monkey cub was first run over by a moped before being attacked by a dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mother stepped in to attack the moped driver before gunning for the hungry dog too

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monkey see monkey do: The mother attacking the dog after it has started on her cub

 

 

 

 

Mother scares the dog off and tends to her cub who cowers beneath her in fear after the ordeal...


 

Mother scares the dog off and tends to her cub who cowers beneath her in fear after the ordeal

 

 

Amazed onlookers in the streets of New Delhi, India, watched as the monkey and the dog tussled together.

The scenes were captured by a photographer who happened to be passing at the time of the incident .

 

Even on the dusty  streets of New Delhi, the bond between a mother monkey and her young is almost unbreakable.