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**Belligerent Claimant**

ASA Wrote:

Elephants are one of the few animals who extend their empathy to other species.

And so are we. I've cried for hours over a dead dog, even though I was the one to put it down.

**Forgot my cello lesson**

brewha Wrote:

I always heard that an Elephant never forgets....

But I hear that they do forgive

**Scarlett**

Beautiful story, thank you.

**assbeef**

ASA Wrote:

Elephants are one of the few animals who extend their empathy to other species. There's a great story in the book "When Elephants Weep" that illustrates that. A group of elephants work together to pull a baby rhino who is stuck and sinking into a muddy riverbank and reuniting him with his mother. A great read if your interested in the emotional lives of animals.

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On some level, most people believe animals can experience some types of emotions, because they’ve seen it: the guardian who has seen the joy his dog feels at loping along the beach; the nature lover who has observed a pair of Western Grebes running in unison along the surface of a lake; the farm kid who has seen the bond between a cow mother and her child; the slaughterhouse worker who has seen the terror flooding down the line of pigs about to be killed. Extending acceptance of a variety of emotions to other individual animals or species seems much more difficult for humans, however. Masson explores the breadth, depth and complexity of emotion and intelligence present throughout the animal kingdom.

http://www.amazon.com/When-Elephants-Wee...0385314280

i know EXACTLY what that feels like.

**Zero Point**

Wow. Cool story bro (non sarcastic version) 5*

**centralscrutinizer**

The Lucky AC Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
Love is the language that transcends all barriers...even species. It's truly UNIVERSAL.

It transpires between our spirits.

+ another 1 on that!

**Ikaika** · **Ikaika** User ID: 96314 05-15-2012 03:06 AM **Posts: 15,787**

Amazing story.

Thanks, OP.

**Mike In SATX** · (This post was last modified: 05-15-2012 04:08 AM by Mike In SATX.)

the elephant is a great creature capable of a much more advanced social system than we give it credit for. I've had a chance to observe many different species from around the world and how they interact with the world around them. Elephants are the most complex and social animal I've seen, except for maybe the orca.

Amazing animals.

5* from me, OP

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 96510 05-15-2012 05:27 AM

Check out these elephants...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2y_LEbdEVE

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 96510 05-15-2012 05:29 AM

LoP Guest Wrote:

Check out these elephants...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2y_LEbdEVE

He is extending "empathy.":jptdknpa:

**Doss123**

I've always believed animals such as elephants, dolphins, whales and others, are as intelligent as we are. They exhibit emotions much like our own when one of them die. To go out and shoot one of these creatures should be as illegal as the murder of a human. Just because WE can't understand their language, doesn't make them a "dumb animal".

**Doss123**

I've always believed animals such as elephants, dolphins, whales and others, are as intelligent as we are. They exhibit emotions much like our own when one of them die. To go out and shoot one of these creatures should be as illegal as the murder of a human. Just because WE can't understand their language, doesn't make them a "dumb animal".

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 96208 05-15-2012 07:30 AM

LoP Guest Wrote:

Check out these elephants...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2y_LEbdEVE

lmfao

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 96208 05-15-2012 08:04 AM

KeLiy Wrote:

i'd heard elephants ritually mourn their own.

Yes, they do. (btw, the throwing of dirt on their head is something that is seen often at these elephant funerals/memorials).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tto5mNBTALY

**HeidiLore**

Beautiful story, thanks. Heartflowers