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Baboons - get support from friends and show signs of depression. Chimpanzees - carries dead child until, at times, the body is no longer recognizable. Elephants - gather to pay respects, touching trunks to body and standing vigil for several days. Giraffes - almost covering body with legs apart, licking, bending down, and just being with the body with no other giraffes around. Langur Monkeys - they all gather around the dead, hugging and comforting each other, while sometimes touching body as if to pay respects to it. Magpies - pecking gently, placing grass on top of the dead and standing around as if holding a vigil. These creatures show us that death, funeral rituals and grief are all part of honoring and acknowledge that another has died. Isn't this what we humans also want? A community (intimate or large) to collectively pay respects and walk us along this journey.
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