Grief and love in the animal kingdom | Barbara J. King

Question 1

Orca example

Answer 1

Orca mom kept dead baby for 17 days

Question 2

Elanore the elephant example

Answer 2

Elephant kept on collapsing but another female is trying to help the fainting elephant. Elephants from different families came to “ mourn”

Question 3

Harper and Kohl duck example

Answer 3

Birds who lived in foie gras farms.

Kohl had to be euthanized and brought harper to see the body.
Harper laid on kohl’s body and died few days after

Question 4

Lena the donkey

Answer 4

Had trouble making friends but made a friend named Jake.

Jake had to be put down and Lena stayed at Jakes grave.

Lena didn’t want to eat or drink

Question 5

Baboon experiement

Answer 5

Compared families who had lost someone due to atrocities and those who hadn’t

the families that lost someone had higher levels of stress