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A newly studied behaviour: Do whales mourn their dead young?

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Credit: Olaf Meinecke, Griffith University.

Off the Gold Coast, a mother humpback whale stayed with her dead calf for hours, possibly even days. Researchers talk about post-mortem caring behavior. However, as Barbara Barkhausen has discovered, it has not yet been possible to say for sure if it is actual grief.


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Off the Gold Coast, a mother humpback whale stayed with her dead calf for hours, possibly even days. Researchers talk about post-mortem caring behavior. However, as Barbara Barkhausen has discovered, it has not yet been possible to say for sure if it is actual grief.



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