Haunting Footage Reveals How Chimps Mourn Death
Chimpanzees share over 90 percent of their DNA with humans — but the similarities between these two species seems to extend beyond genetics alone. For what is believed to be the very first time, researchers have captured the behavior of a female chimp mourning over her recently deceased 16-month-old child, detailing how non-human primates respond to death. This moving footage not only challenges those who might question the extent to which animals experience the loss of a life, it bridges the perceived differences between the natural world and we humans who are harbingers of so much death therein…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Haunting Footage Reveals How Chimps Mourn Death
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