A dog on its owner’s grave. A killer whale carrying around its dead calf. A goose that isolates when its mate dies. These behaviors in animals may look like human mourning, but should scientists call them "grief"? (First published in 2023)
Guests: <a href="https://www.oakland.edu/psychology/faculty-and-staff/vonk/">Jennifer Vonk</a>, comparative/cognitive psychologist at Oakland University; <a href="https://www.jessicapierce.net/">Jessica Pierce</a>, bioethicist and author of several <a href="https://www.jessicapierce.net/books">books</a> about animals; <a href="https://susanamonso.com/acerca-de">Susana Monsó</a>, animal ethicist and a philosopher and author of <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691260761/playing-possum">Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death</a>

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