[NatureNS] Crows: the shock and the grief (?)

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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I had a similar experience one time with a couple of  half grown racoons. 
One had been hit by a car and killed. The other was standing beside it 
trying to wake up its brother or sister. As I passed it looked up at me and 
I was amazed to see that it was crying.

Roland (Barrington)

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From: "Andy Dean" <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Crows: the shock and the grief (?)


> The experience with the crows brings to mind this incident that occured 
> when I lived in Port Joli in 2005 and may add credibility to Peter's final 
> paragraph :
> "It's dangerous to extend our own emotional experience to that of other
> creatures, especially animals so far removed from us in the evolutionary
> tree, but it's hard to believe that they didn't experience some sort of
> unusual sensation on seeing one of their own kind die so dramatically. 
> They
> certainly reacted to the event with some interest.
>
> From my journal July 13 [unlucky 13th? ] 2005......Andy Dean
> Shortly  after I left the house for my early morning walk I came across a 
> squirrel in the middle of our rural road chattering and scolding at what I 
> thought was another squirrel....Then I realized the other form was inert 
> and must have been struck and killed by a car. I presumed it was either a 
> mate or sibling because the poor squirrel was beside itself and made 
> frequent attempts to get it to respond , It would grab it and shake it 
> then sit back and chatter at it, then shake it again ,and when I 
> approached very closely made no attempt to leave....in fact it seemed to 
> be asking me to do something to help. Even when a car drove by within 
> inches it stayed beside the body . The only thing I could think to do was 
> remove the body from the road and lay it in the grass to prevent it being 
> run over again. I was surprised at the emotion it evoked as squirrels are 
> not my favorite animal being such a nuisance at the bird-feeders, but I 
> can tell you I felt pretty upset when I left it to cope by itself.
>
> Andy & Lelia Dean
> 86 Baden Powell Drive
> Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5
> Tel: [902] 678-6243
>
> aadean@ns.sympatico.ca
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