Behavioral responses around conspecific corpses in adult eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei spp.)

Humans were once considered unique in having a concept of death but a growing number of observations of animal responses to dying and dead conspecifics suggests otherwise. Complex arrays of behaviors have been described ranging from corpse removal and burial among social insects to quiet attendance...

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Main Authors: Amy Porter, Winnie Eckardt, Veronica Vecellio, Katerina Guschanski, Peter Philip Niehoff, Urbain Ngobobo-As-Ibungu, Radar Nishuli Pekeyake, Tara Stoinski, Damien Caillaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6655.pdf