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Newborns Can Bond to a “Mother” from a Different Species

Source: Scientific American

Birds of a feather may flock together, but it doesn’t have to be so. Studies show that a newborn animal will bond with whoever is around to take care of it—even if they aren’t the same species.

This entry was posted in The Bonds Between Us and tagged Science & Nature on July 1, 2015 by Mikki Gibson.

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