Dolphin Carries Around Dead Calf

This poor dolphin carries around its dead, decaying calf with it - is it grieving? So sad...

It's well documented that elephants have a quiet and distinct ritual around death of their peers in which they investigate bones and seeminly reflect on the site, even around the remains they come across of those unrelated to them.

Perhaps dolphins do similar behaviors as another highly intelligent mammal species and this a rare occasion if which it's been documented on camera.

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it's well documented phenomena in skyrim as well:

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  On 3/28/2013 at 9:49 PM, Braintree said:

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pssh whoops whatevs

i went to a dolphin funeral once...very sad. the pool-party wake was amazing though.

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dolphins are highly intelligent. it's sick that they are hunted for food.

yes food should be dumb

i bet dolphin tastes like hard-boiled egg

i was gonna post the obligatory gif of Flep the dolphin from the Exai thread, but google images punished me for trying to be clever. i don't suggest recreating that search.

Same behaviour has been seen in some primate species. Gorilla mothers often carry around the body of the deceased child for days.

I guess it happens because they are unwilling to accept the situation? Or maybe it is mourning like some humans feel like they need to mourn in the presence of the corpse. Seems a bit abstract for an animal though.

  On 3/29/2013 at 4:41 AM, Ego said:

Same behaviour has been seen in some primate species. Gorilla mothers often carry around the body of the deceased child for days.

 

I guess it happens because they are unwilling to accept the situation? Or maybe it is mourning like some humans feel like they need to mourn in the presence of the corpse. Seems a bit abstract for an animal though.

great apes, elephants and dolphins are all highly social creatures, so i think this factors into it somewhat. dolphins have even shown evidence of culture (one pod will have certain rituals that another does not). it's all quite fascinating.

rape culture?

  On 3/29/2013 at 5:22 AM, roasty said:

rape culture?

 

The Miami Dolphins, maybe

Interspecies rituals are really incredible. I'm most amazed the mother cow would carry her calf down to the seashore for the dolphin to give it a sea burial.

  On 3/29/2013 at 7:18 AM, lumpenprol said:

Interspecies rituals are really incredible. I'm most amazed the mother cow would carry her calf down to the seashore for the dolphin to give it a sea burial.

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