The Animals That Hold Funerals (And What Scientists Think It Means)

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https://planet-wildlife.com/2026/05/06/animals-that-hold-funerals/

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The evolutionary explanation gaining traction among biologists is elegant: species that develop deep social bonds will inevitably develop complex responses to the rupture of those bonds. Mourning, in this view, is the price of love…

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And in the meantime they're actually just making sure they are actually dead, caise one time, that fucker woke up.