How animals react to death: From vigils to cannibalism

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How animals react to death: From vigils to cannibalism
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Lauren Leffer is a science, tech, and environmental reporter based in Brooklyn, NY. She writes on many subjects including artificial intelligence, climate, and weird biology because she's curious to a fault. When she's not writing, she's hopefully hiking.

ArticleBody:There are scant inevitabilities in life. One of them is death. Unless you’re a particular type of freshwater polyp or a weirdo jellyfish, birth is a guarantee of death. Humans have developed our own intricate coping strategies for managing this bleak biological reality–stretching back millenia.

In some cases elephants may even bury their dead, says Gonçalves, “but these have been very rarely reported,” he adds–disputing that elephants’ death response meets the criteria for formal ritual, at the level of what humans engage in. Beyond mammals, some birds–particularly those that develop long-term bonds–are also known to stay with the bodies of their peers. Anecdotal evidence suggests ducks will spend time near or even on top of the bodies of their dead mates.

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