Do you think animals grieve death of their species?
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Posted by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:14PM
Absolutely.
I've seen my pets grieve one another, and in the wild, elephants and other animals will "mourn" the loss of their families and friends in their own ways.
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Posted by smiley194 Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:23PM
Yes, I once saw a video of a baby elephant that died at a waterhole. His mother got the baby out of mud and stayed with the baby's body for two weeks, hardly eating or drinking water, constantly trying to get her baby to move and get up. I'll never forget this.
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Reply by missmeganxoxo Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:25PM
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Posted by dobbyismydog Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:15PM
I think they do. I once saw a vid on youtube where two lions attacked a herd of wilderbeast and got a baby one. Then the wilderbeast all ran off, came back a couple of minutes later with all their mates and chased the lions off ! Hardcore.
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Posted by freelsjr Jun 29th, 2012 at 6:51AM
Yes! When in the wild. The lions came and eat some of them up and the rest run. So I believe so.
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Posted by chefboo Jun 25th, 2012 at 8:39PM
Most definately. Just recently my neighbor burried his dog "deabalo" and D's momma and sister layed on his grave for two days. They also kept comming here to look for him because he loved to sleep on my front porch.
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Posted by lifesanadventure Jun 25th, 2012 at 12:34AM
yes they do
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Posted by atadir Jun 24th, 2012 at 4:21PM
sure. half my family once told me the same bizarre story about witnessing a bunch of crows holding a funeral/wake. sorry i missed that
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Posted by bijouxbroussard Jun 24th, 2012 at 4:15PM
Absolutely. I witnessed it with a friend who has several cats. After one was killed by a car, the others searched and cried for him, for some days. One, with whom he had been particularly close, stopped eating for a time.
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Posted by AaronSousuke Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:55PM
To be honest, they might grieve more than humans.
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Posted by thenewestdaughter Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:48PM
yes for sure
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Posted by Unique4real Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:45PM
Animals grieve for their mate death and some can die while stick by their own mates from grieve and that is true thing as the human should learn from animals not hunt down to like amuse themselves by hunting an dkilling animals and wild ones for fun :(.
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Posted by travail Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:41PM
Yes! They do grieve the death. We had 2 pekingese, Bandit and Molly who were very close, and were almost inseparable. When Bandit died, Molly went from being very playful and fun loving to sad, serious, and depressed for almost a year. She stopped playing and became very quiet. She also came to me and cuddled for the companionship she had lost. As time wore on, she regained her former playfulness to a fair extent, but never to the "devil may care" attitude before she lost her furry best friend.
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Posted by kayblue Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:36PM
Yes. I've seen a mama dog grieve the death of her puppies. It is so sad to watch.
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Posted by fuqlife Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:23PM
absolutely
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Posted by CrystalVisionary Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:22PM
I have heard that elephants do.
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Posted by freeandeasyo Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:20PM
I'm not sure how far animal self-awareness goes, but I believe it exists much more than we think, and I'm sure that, in the situation tou refer to, they do get lonelier and lonelier.
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Posted by KlaraVoyet Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:20PM
Yes. I believe that some species do and/or are capable of grieving
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Posted by ChevyVan Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:19PM
yes ... I saw a documentary about crows last year and that was eerie when one of their group died how that entire group of a hundred birds or so were stone silent for a minute or two ... almost like a funeral or the very least that moment of silence we all observe from time to time for someone
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Posted by jamesmethod Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:17PM
I have witnessed animal behavior, In many species I sense they do feel something.
How it equates to Human feelings is beyond me.
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Posted by Dollyismyleader Jun 24th, 2012 at 3:17PM
I think they do.
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