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On chimpanzee + bonobo mothers carrying dead infants, by @tpuschel.bsky.social + Reece Hammond. Length of time "depends on how strong their bond was, [mom's] life experience, the physical risks of holding onto the body and how quickly it naturally breaks down." #primates #deathstudies #anthropology

Just taped for the BBC on this fascinating set of observations in humpback whales. I argued that yes we should strongly consider maternal love + grief here, based on what the researchers report--and on what we know abt animals' emotions. #whales #cetaceans #grief #animalgrief #deathstudies #nature

"Comparative thanatology is a breeding ground of ideas": great to hear @fieryangelsfell.bsky.social speak on day 2 @evothan.bsky.social conference. Cool focus on ways to tease out experimentally what various #animals may grasp of #death. #deathstudies #biology #anthropology #nature

Now hearing Jennifer Vonk speak online @evothan.bsky.social conference, documenting, e.g., "grief-like" behaviors of cats following death of cat or dog in same home. #cats #grief #deathstudies #evolutionarythanatology #anthrozoology #multispecies

Delighted to be virtually watching/ hearing @leanneproops.bsky.social speak on human perspectives on grief by animals at the @evothan.bsky.social conference #grief #death #deathstudies #animals #evolution

Limited time only - see post for free link to this interview with author and consultant surgeon Prof Seamus O'Mahony in #Mortality Journal #PalliativeCare #Hospital #DeathStudies #Death #Dying #Hospice #EndOfLife #TheWayWeDieNow @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Death & Culture Network #DACNET this evening 👉 Thurs 10 Sep 2026 5pm - 6pm (UK) for death related researchers to connect. Open to all, international attendees welcome! ONLINE event - REGISTER 👉 deathandsociety.org/eventsandgro... @chendirl.bsky.social #DeathStudies #ASDS #DeathCare #Culture