Animal Grief

How Animals Mourn
Science provides some remarkable insights into animal behaviour, with crocodiles, for example, emerging as devoted parents, and elephants - like whales - able to communicate with each other across long distances by ultrasound. This title contends that emotions - including grief - can potentially have a survival value for a species.
Science is now providing some remarkable insights into animal behaviour, with crocodiles, for example, emerging as devoted parents, and elephants – like whales – able to communicate with each other across long distances by ultrasound, which is inaudible to our ears. There seems little doubt that animals experience a range of emotions, just as we do; but can they grieve, too .?Evidence exists that, indeed, they can: in addition, David Alderton – award-winning, multi-million selling, specialist animal author – contends that emotions – including grief – can potentially have a survival value for a species.The authoritative, rational text is superbly supported by interesting, sensitive photographs carefully chosen to be reflective of the subject matter.