Studies show that baboons experience elevated stress after a troop member's death, but social bonding helps reduce it.
In Spain’s Bay of Biscay, a Cuvier’s beaked whale displayed a rare sight—carrying her dead calf. The grieving mother did not feed for two days while pushing her calf to the surface.
In 2012, an adult Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was seen mourning the death of a juvenile by pushing and following its body to shore off the Red Sea.
Elephants mourn their dead by carrying tusks of lost herd members or visiting remains of unrelated elephants.
In 2012, a giraffe in Zambia was observed mourning the loss of a dead calf by licking and nudging its body. Experts believe that long gestation periods in species like giraffes may deepen parental bonds and prolong grief.
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