This episode插曲 was sponsored by Dropbox, a murder谋杀 of crows, an appropriate适当的 name considering these birds special relationship关系 with death. It's not because they're killers or because they'll sometimes scavenge打扫 the bodies of the recently departed. When one of their own dies, crows will surround围绕 and call to the dead. In one experiment实验, scientists holding taxidermy birds approach向…靠近 crows and were viciously attacked. Of course, the creepy masks didn't help. Crows hold funerals, which also explains the black clothing. We also congregate聚集 around those we've lost to remember them, to console安慰 each other in times of sadness悲哀 and in grief悲痛.
But are we the only creatures who experience经验 these emotions? Do animals mourn哀悼 their dead? Dying is a fact of life. It's true for everything that's ever been born.
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