This tears at the ole heart strings . . . Orca that lost her calf . . .

[conv67bdere]

I've been following this story and it's really sad that the mom has held on to the calf for 17 - they call it grieving . . . really sad to see her pushing the dead calf on her nose for 17 days and 1000 miles . . .

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grieving-orca-tahlequah-j35-dead-calf-now-feeding-frolicking-with-pod/

But, she has finally let go of the calf - now she needs to eat and get strong again ! ! !

Tears at my heart strings to see her pushing that dead calf . . . mother nature is not always "fair" . . . feel so sorry for that grieving mom . . .

 

[JB400]

Hopefully, she won't end up beaching herself up somewhere, and will procede to just have another one.

 

[khryslerkid]

I cant find it on that link...

 

[conv67bdere]

I cant find it on that link...

Messed up the link - it is fixed now. Thanks for the heads up !

 

[khryslerkid]

I witnessed a Canadian Goose grieving for the loss of his mate once. She died on her nest for some unknown reason and he stayed with her for a couple of weeks before he finally left.

Growing up and living on a farm, you come to the realization that animals have feelings.

 

[69BBody]

Once you have a dog, you realize how sentient some (non-human) beings can be.

 

[Gone]

Once you have a dog, you realize how sentient some (non-human) beings can be.

An animal's intelligence is directly tied to the number of neurons in the brain. The article below explains it in terms of cats and dogs. And yet another reason that I don't like cats.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/dog-cat-brains-neurons-intelligence-study-spd/

 

[Budnicks]

I saw that the other day too...

sad ****...

 

[biomedtechguy]

Once you have a dog, you realize how sentient some (non-human) beings can be.

As an only child, I grew up with a champion Doberman Pinscher. Had my black Lab, Bud from 1990 to 2003. His ashes in his oak urn are going in my box when my time comes...
I was the last one in the room-stayed with her all the way-when we put our chocolate Lab Cocoa to sleep. She yawned and gave me one last kiss...
I have 3 Lab mixes now, and they are all special and loved. There is a special place in my heart for "Street Hound". Found her as a puppy trying to cross 6 lanes of blacktop in downtown New Orleans.
She's awesome, and went from living on the streets to...
WINNING THE DOG LOTTERY

 

[PP1RT]

Growing up and living on a farm, you come to the realization that animals have feelings.

They sure do!!

 

[conv67bdere]

As an only child, I grew up with a champion Doberman Pinscher. Had my black Lab, Bud from 1990 to 2003. His ashes in his oak urn are going in my box when my time comes...
I was the last one in the room-stayed with her all the way-when we put our chocolate Lab Cocoa to sleep. She yawned and gave me one last kiss...
I have 3 Lab mixes now, and they are all special and loved. There is a special place in my heart for "Street Hound". Found her as a puppy trying to cross 6 lanes of blacktop in downtown New Orleans.
She's awesome, and went from living on the streets to...
WINNING THE DOG LOTTERY
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Dog Lottery - yes she did ! ! !

Had my Yellow Lab for 16 1/2 years and held her in my arms when I had to put her down . . . one of the hardest days of my life.

Now my Great Dane ( rescue from Texas - call him my Texas Chihuahua ) is 8 1/2 years old - and I think he actually rescued me instead . . .