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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

Critter News

I believe that great apes do have that capacity. Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. Tags: chimpanzees jane goodall animal research. A couple of studies imply that chimpanzees may mourn their dead. I believe they do. I'm sure many will dismiss these studies regardless.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. Last year, beginning about Halloween, thousands of juvenile auklets started washing ashore dead from California’s Farallon Islands to Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) off central British Columbia.

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