After so many sick stories like this, things that used to make me puke, now just make me laugh. Desensitization?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm
Namita, a middle-aged woman who lives in India's north-eastern Tripura state and is a government worker, describes Buru, the pet monkey, as her third child.
"Yes, I breastfeed him. He is my son," says Namita, caressing the monkey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm