Sheepdog Tip of the Day, After Combat tip 124
When Barbary apes wish to approach a senior male, they borrow a young animal which they carry, in order to inhibit the senior's aggression. Some soldiers do likewise. A British infantryman watched Germans emerging from a dugout to surrender in WWII: "they were holding up photographs of their families and offering watches and other valuables in an attempt to gain mercy."
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
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