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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

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Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. It makes it even harder to subject chimps to experiments if you keep discovering these human similarities. I believe that great apes do have that capacity. I've read of the mountain gorillas in Virunga grieving over the loss of a silverback.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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