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Bereaved chimp mothers continue to carry their dead infants – but do they really understand death?

The finality of death is something that even humans struggle to come to terms with, yet certain animals demonstrate a ...
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"The entire family of a deceased matriarch surrounded her corpse, gently touching her with their trunks, as if trying to lift her" – Do animals understand death...?

Do animals grieve for their dead? Do they have an awareness of what death is? Researchers have been trying to find ...