TIL dolphins don’t just leave their dead behind. Mothers have been seen carrying their lifeless calves for days, even as they decompose, showing a terrible sense of loss.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-dolphins-and-some-whales-grieve-their-dead-180969414/
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-dolphins-and-some-whales-grieve-their-dead-180969414/
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Study Suggests Dolphins and Some Whales Grieve Their Dead
An analysis of 78 instances of cetaceans paying attention to their dead suggests grief may be part of being a highly social animalJason Daley (Smithsonian Magazine)
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