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BigmanPigman

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2. I still get sad when I think of a scene of

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Wed Feb 9, 2022, 12:50 AM

Feb 2022

chimpanzees in a forest. A female mother had died and all the chimps in their large extended family came to the site and stayed around the body for several days, mourning the death. She had a child who was a young adult. He was so upset that after the other chimps had moved on he stayed. He built a hammock in a tree above his mother's body and he stayed there, not drinking or eating. He died within a week of his mother.

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Chimps Seen Performing First Aid on Themselves and Each Other [View all] question everything Feb 2022 OP

Empathy helps people survive too I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #1

Unfortunately that is something many Republicans seem to lack these days. cstanleytech Feb 2022 #5

I still get sad when I think of a scene of BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #2

So sad..... Bayard Feb 2022 #3

This is just astounding Bayard Feb 2022 #4

Amazing beings. Have always been treated with contempt, along with all the other animals. Judi Lynn Feb 2022 #6