
Figure 7 Rhesus macaques: the infant son of a subordinate female (who is out of the frame) has been kidnapped and is being mistreated by a dominant female. The infant was distressed and his mother agitated but unable to intervene to rescue him. After some hours the subordinate female managed to snatch her baby back when the dominant female let go of him.
◄ 2.7 Social competition, stress and subordination in animals