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Primate mothers may carry infants after death as a way of grieving, study finds

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Some primate species may express grief over the death of their infant by carrying the corpse with them, sometimes for months, according to a new UCL-led study – with implications for our understanding of how non-human animals experience emotion.

Source: ScienceDaily.com