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- > indicated an inherent, strong maternal attachment to the calf
Yeah, that's not grieving.
by jibal - Orcas have also been seen to carry their dead calf's around.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/southern-reside...
by zer00eyz - I come here to read about the impending AI apocalypse, not feel feelings.by antoni4040
- Any parent here who has known this loss can relate. Didn’t think I’d see this on HN but yeah this is heartbreaking.by gigatexal
- Blows my mind that so many people just have this hardened internalized idea that we're somehow significantly different than any other animal.
Sure, we've got them beat on language and planning, but we're currently in the process of being passed up on both those fronts by multi-dimensional arrays of floating point numbers sitting inside of sand. So, like, how special is that then, really?
by georgemcbay - by seri4l
- That's two ethology stories on HN on one day. Interesting as news for nerds, but it is becoming relevant to more nerds than just me ;-) . (the other one is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775579 "do birds have accents")by Kim_Bruning
- Unsurprisingly, mammals (not just humans) also fear death and are very distressed when being lead to slaughter and seeing their peers go down before them.by imjonse