Gorillas return emotional funerals to fallen comrade | Chronic

It is demonstrated every day that animals have feelings with the attitudes they give us. And that primates take this demonstration to an even greater degree, nor can it be denied.

This was demonstrated by a group of scientists who attended simian funerals. The team of primatologists who has long been following this group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda has been fortunate to see and record one.

Dian Fossey, head of the team, reported: "This observation[lecomportementde[elcomportamientode[lecomportementde[elcomportamientodeIhimure and Segasira]This may suggest that humans are not unique in their ability to mourn. "

Scientists have recorded another even more moving behavior. While Segasira He took care of his mother's body, leaned over him and tried to suck him for several seconds, even though he had been weaned for a while.

This gesture is interpreted as a demonstration of "Breastfeeding consolation", a behavior that would calm him by stimulating the release of oxytocin, a hormone with stress-inhibiting effects, explains the study, led by Amy Porter, from the Dian Fossey Gorilla International Fund.

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