Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Why some animals appear to mourn their dead
Some animals are known to display distress when they lose their offspring or a close companion. Wild horses are seen gathering around the grave of a lost member. Dogs, cats, and rabbits are found crying and searching for their companions. A killer whale mother was spotted pushing the body of her dead offspring for 17 days. A young chimpanzee suffered from clinical depression when his mother died, stopped interacting with others in his group, refused to eat, and died. Also, Hachiko, a legendary Akita dog, kept coming to a train station in Tokyo to wait for his owner longer after his death. There are many stories like these about animals crying, grieving, or searching for their companions. This might mean those animals don’t just understand the loss of their close companions but are having difficulty adjusting themselves to the situation without their loved ones. Why?
Read the article about how some animals behave when they miss their kin.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250110-why-some-animals-appear-to-mourn-their-dead
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