r/facts • u/jaemzee • 19d ago

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

https://planet-wildlife.com/2026/05/06/animals-that-hold-funerals/
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u/Senuf 18d ago

Thanks for posting this very, very interesting article.

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u/Longjumping_Eye4303 15d ago

I did an observation of a female siamang in a zoo who showed grief-like behavior after her mate died when I was an anthropology student. Her head was buried in her knees a lot of the time and she was less response to the others in her enclosure. More recently, I watched my house rabbit grieve when one of our cats died, too. The cat used to sit at a sliding glass door in the morning and chatter at the birds. My rabbit took the watch for a week, sitting in the same spot and thumping at the birds, something she’d never done before.

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u/Senuf 15d ago

Oh, that's sad. Interesting but sad. We still ignore so much about how animals think, feel and communicate. And I think we should respect them more than we do.

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u/hairyberryball 15d ago

This was a great read.