Is it possible that dolphins can feel emotion?
According to new research, dolphins do in fact feel emotion when a member of their pod passes away.
As Reported By New Scientist:
Reports of dolphins interacting with dead members of their pod are raising questions about whether cetaceans understand the concept of death. Bottlenose dolphins in western Greece have been seen reacting to death differently depending on whether a pod member has died suddenly or after a longer period of illness, New Scientist has learned.
Interpreting animal behaviour after the death of a companion is fraught with difficulty. Death is rarely observed in the wild, and it is easy to erroneously attribute human emotions to animals.
SOURCE: New Scientist
