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6 pages in length. The writer discusses how the ability to adapt to one's existence may be the very key to understanding -- and therefore accepting -- the fact that animals do, indeed, possess the ability to mourn the passing of their own kind. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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in obvious despair, as the mother tried in vain to encourage her baby to stand. Each time she was successful at boosting him onto his own four feet, he
would immediately drop back down to the ground as soon as she let go. There was no denying the fact that this young elephant was not going to survive.
When his head finally dropped and his shallow breathing stopped altogether, his mothers distress could not be contained. Another female walked over and stroked the babys still body
as the other members stood in mutual support of the infants passing. That animals can and do express sympathy and grief over the passing of members in their social groups
is not so much the question as to the extent by which this is achieved. Elephants represent but one species within the animal kingdom that not only openly displays
such sorrow but also goes to great lengths to comfort one another at the time of mourning. What all of this comes down to is the aspect of consciousness,
a characteristic that is abundant throughout the entire animal kingdom. When one considers the concept of consciousness, it is with great hesitation that
its traits are attributed to those who represent the animal kingdom. However, what mankind has typically done is employ the human form of consciousness when applying it to animals,
making it quite difficult for them to meet up to such an adaptation. Indeed, while animals may not possess the prerequisites for human consciousness, which not only include awareness
of "external events or phenomena, but also of ones own feelings, beliefs, and mental events" (Anonymous PG), they do harbor their own form of consciousness that often transcends mankinds reality-based
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