But babies get more than warmth and food out of the deal. They get to feel "held" by a safe "caretaker". Harlow's rhesus monkey study (October 2013 post) shows that primates will choose to be with a softer model mother that offers no food compared to a wire mother that provides food. The video below is another example of this and shows that it isn't just primates that yearn for secure connection with others.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Foal And The Teddy Bear
YouTube is filled with video of mothers "adopting" infants of different species that have been orphaned. There is even an example of a mother bengal tiger adopting and nursing a litter of piglets (which in most situations would have been a tasty snack). It seems that the maternal instincts are so strong they can even override a predator's instinct to hunt.
But babies get more than warmth and food out of the deal. They get to feel "held" by a safe "caretaker". Harlow's rhesus monkey study (October 2013 post) shows that primates will choose to be with a softer model mother that offers no food compared to a wire mother that provides food. The video below is another example of this and shows that it isn't just primates that yearn for secure connection with others.
But babies get more than warmth and food out of the deal. They get to feel "held" by a safe "caretaker". Harlow's rhesus monkey study (October 2013 post) shows that primates will choose to be with a softer model mother that offers no food compared to a wire mother that provides food. The video below is another example of this and shows that it isn't just primates that yearn for secure connection with others.
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