Humans Aren’t the Only Animals That Keep Pets, New Study Finds

Humans keep animals as pets. That’s not a trait completely unique to us, but it is rare, and it makes a certain evolutionary sense that one of the only other groups that dabble in pet ownership would be our fellow primates. According to a new study published in the journal Primates, as detailed by Popular…

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The first time I saw it, I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at. A northern white-cheeked gibbon at Shanghai Zoo was holding and caressing a mouse that had wandered into its enclosure. It wasn’t trying to eat it or chase it away. Instead, the gibbon treated the tiny rodent with remarkable gentleness. I couldn’t stop