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[h=1]Whales Mourn Their Dead, Just Like Us[/h]
The gulf between humans and other higher order animals is not as wide as we like to think.
Can anyone who has ever owned a dog or been owned by a cat doubt that animals feel the same emotions humans do?
Smart and often sociable, whales forge tight bonds with one another. Now it’s clear that those bonds can be stronger than death itself.
More than six species of the marine mammals have been seen clinging to the body of a dead compatriot, probably a podmate or relative, scientists say in a new study.
The gulf between humans and other higher order animals is not as wide as we like to think.
Such findings add to the debate about whether animals feel emotion—and, if they do, how such emotions should influence human treatment of other creatures.
Can anyone who has ever owned a dog or been owned by a cat doubt that animals feel the same emotions humans do?