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What Do Animals Understand About Death?

By Kathryn Schulz · The New Yorker · October 2024

#14 All Time·#3 in 2024·#1 in Philosophy·#2 in Nature·#2 in Science

What Do Animals Understand About Death?

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"The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it means to die."

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