"Aoo..." December let out a resentful protest, but was still picked up and taken back.
A minute later, it came again.
After tossing back and forth for three or four rounds, Lin Yu'an finally surrendered.
A thought flashed through his mind that indulging it now may form a bad habit. After all, although it's a cub, it is still a polar bear. But this thought lasted only a second before being replaced by another more scientific idea.
He recalled the knowledge about "contact comfort," a conclusion drawn by psychologist Harry Harlow through the famous Ganges River monkey experiment.
For primates and many young mammals, attachment to their mothers is not just a physiological need for "milk," but more importantly, warmth, comfort, and a sense of security achieved through physical contact.
For December, he, Lin Yu'an, at this moment, is its only "mother."
