A stray bull stunned mourners by turning up to "pay homage" at a dead monkey’s funeral in Raibag in southern India. <br /><br />A wild monkey, which lived in the town, died of electric shock on May 10. As monkeys are considered sacred in the Hindu religion, a few local men decided to give it a human funeral. <br /><br />They cleaned and garlanded the dead monkey with flowers, and placed it on a chair on a road where it lived. <br /><br />As people from the neighbourhood turned up to pay homage, a stray bull also joined them.<br /><br />It stood in front of the monkey quietly for 10 minutes staring at it and then went away.<br /><br />A local youth Suresh Naik said: “The bull and the monkey lived on the same street and were used to each other. They would often share bananas given by vegetable vendors here.”<br /><br />“I don’t know what went on in the bull’s mind when it stood there,” he added.
