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Kuhirwa mourns her baby by Ricardo Núñez Montero, Spain — winner, Behaviour: mammals. Kuhirwa, a young female of the Nkuringo mountain gorilla family in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, would not give up on her dead baby. What Ricardo first thought to be a bundle of roots turned out to be the tiny corpse. Guides told him that she had given birth during bad weather and the baby probably died of cold. At first Kuhirwa had cuddled and groomed the body, carrying it piggyback. Weeks later, she started to eat what was left of the corpse, behaviour the guide had only seen once before. (Photo by Ricardo Núñez Montero/2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year)
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