Dolphins Mourn Their Dead

This first video popped up somewhere when I was looking at news today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR680gr7PkM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR680gr7PkM



This video is a couple years old. In it, the dolphin mother gives her dead calf to the Dolphin Research Team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8BR0iMB14Y"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8BR0iMB14Y

 

If a cow dies in the field other cows will come round and pay their respects. I have heard that coyotes will lay fallen branches over a dead coyote.

 

Wow...I like the second video most. The first one I thought was kinda sterile in the way they spoke about oh...dolphins have feelings too and they know they're gonna die. The second video was sweet.

 

Most animals pay respect and morn those that have passed on... I've seen it thousands of times.

 

Yeah, well, if a polar bear dies, another polar bear eats it. =D

 

Yeah dogs get depressed when people leave or die.

Monkeys.

It seems like a mammalian thing.

That's cuz bears don't give a fuck.

 

Horses also mourn the dead.

 

Dolphins are very intelligent animals - possibly even more so than us. There is so much we don't know about them.

Actually that can be said for so many animals regardless. Anyone know the story of Hachiko - the faithfull dog in Tokyo, Japan?

Maybe one day humans will wake up and realise their emotional capabilities aren't so unique.

 

Yeah, I think somewhere along the line people started taking that line about "having dominion over the animals" way too seriously.

 

Elephants also mourn their fallen companions. :bigcry:

 

That story always gets to me. They made a movie from the story. The dog was magnificent.

 

Elephants also bury their dead.

 

I did not know that. Here is a link to a story about an elephant and a dog who were friends.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387221n&tag=mncol;lst;1

:bigcry:

 

Cows do not mourn the dead lol
They are as thick as fuck. If you lay down in a field they will gather round you.
Not just you, anything there only fit for burgers lol

 

Well that's just not true at all.
I grew up on a farm and have witnessed a cow mooing and carrying on all night and in the morning when we went to find out what was wrong, she was lying down beside her calf still mooing and she wasn't going to let us come anywhere near them.

 

Thats understandable it's only parental instinct.
The way it was put, all cows mourn thier dead. There just various curious.
Try it. Lie down in a field and every cow within half hour will be stood round you in a circle.

 

I think this is obvious knowledge for any person who have spend some time with or around other mammals.

Edit: I'm sure polar bears grief too, they just have to be pragmatic

 

Ducks too mourn their dead.. the other day fishing I found a duck just sitting next to what I suspect was it's life partner that had been hit by a car... would move when people came near. and then would go right back to the carcass

 

Things like this always make me cry....I believe that animals understand and feel a lot more than we humans give them credit for.

 

Cats get depressed if they loose their kittens.