Do elephants really "mourn" their dead?

Sounds like Greyfriars Bobby.

I don’t get it. Why is the idea of animals forming emotional attachments and grieving death so hard to accept? Elephants and dogs are social animals, like humans. Why should we imagine that the emotion of grief is the exclusive province of humans?

I guess the OP is a Cartesian?

You think I am? No, I think I am not.

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