Pregnant monkeys are more likely to miscarry when also nursing an infant (IMAGE)

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Pregnant monkeys are more likely to miscarry when also nursing an infant

Caption

A mandrill mother with her dependent infant nibbling at her eyebrow, while her older daughter looks on from behind—a snapshot of the competing demands of motherhood

Credit

Michel Halbwax (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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