Barbara King: Animals Grieve, Mourn, and Love
Many of us who have animals in our lives know that they experience emotion, we know because we've seen it. We've witnessed our dogs express joy when we walk through the door, watched them display jealousy toward another animal, or we've seen them mourn the loss of a companion. When someone asks, "how do we know?" usually, most of us say something along the lines of, "we just know... it's obvious." But, that's not how it works in science.
Science needs proof and for too many years proof wasn't an option, as a large majority of the scientific community avoided any research or any studying of…
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