As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there91裸聊视频檚 no mistaking the nature of the phenomenon.

King said she91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渕ore convinced than ever that animals, many animals, are expressing grief that emerges from love.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 do feel that more and more scientists are embracing these words, full stop,91裸聊视频� said the author of the 2014 book 91裸聊视频淗ow Animals Grieve.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭here have been more and more credibly documented reports across species of animals expressing sorrow when they survive the death of a loved one.91裸聊视频�

On Thursday, the Washington-state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post that the mother, also known as J35, was seen pushing the remains of a calf on Jan. 10 between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island in Washington state. That was at least 10 days since the death of the calf, whose body Tahlequah was initially observed pushing on New Year91裸聊视频檚 Eve.

In 2018, Tahlequah captured worldwide attention when she carried the body of a calf for 17 days.

King said the way Tahlequah91裸聊视频檚 first 91裸聊视频済rief swim91裸聊视频� was interpreted has now 91裸聊视频渂een affirmed by everything we91裸聊视频檝e come to know about animal emotions.91裸聊视频�

When King took the stage in Vancouver for a Ted Talk about animal grief in 2019, she began with the story of Tahlequah.

King said she91裸聊视频檚 grieving again, along with the orca mother.

91裸聊视频淚 do call her Tahlequah, and not by her alphanumeric,91裸聊视频� said King, who is emerita professor of anthropology at Virginia91裸聊视频檚 William & Mary public university, and a research fellow at PAN Works, a centre for animal ethics. 91裸聊视频淚 feel connected to her as another mammalian mother, and I felt great sorrow in hearing this news.91裸聊视频�

But it91裸聊视频檚 not just orcas that grieve. King91裸聊视频檚 research cites grief and mourning among a range of animals, from baboons, to elephants, cats and ducks.

King said scientists are now embracing the idea that animals experience sorrow and loss, which wasn91裸聊视频檛 always the case.

She said that when she was getting her education, using such words to describe animals91裸聊视频� emotions wasn91裸聊视频檛 the norm.

91裸聊视频淲e had to say that animals spent time in proximity or they exhibited an unusual facial expression, and we avoided those emotion words,91裸聊视频� King said.

But, she added, 91裸聊视频渢he field has really changed.91裸聊视频�

King said orcas are highly intelligent animals that form tight social bonds, aware of their surroundings and relationships, and Tahlequah91裸聊视频檚 behaviour indicates she is indeed mourning the death of her calf.

91裸聊视频淚 am as sure as I can be in a scientific framework that there91裸聊视频檚 an expression here of her sorrow,91裸聊视频� King said.

91裸聊视频淲e know by now that animal joy, animal sorrow, animal fear, animal happiness, animal grief, the whole gamut exists. So these emotions don91裸聊视频檛 (just) belong to humans.91裸聊视频�

King said it is important to limit 91裸聊视频渇anciful interpretations91裸聊视频� of animal behaviours, but she said Tahlequah91裸聊视频檚 actions in recent weeks are clear.

91裸聊视频淭his is seeing an animal who is repeatedly telling us that she has lost someone dear to her, and she is expressing that to us,91裸聊视频� she said.

She said she hopes people will be 91裸聊视频済alvanized91裸聊视频� by Tahlequah91裸聊视频檚 tragedy to think more deeply about how people treat animals and their environments.

King said people seem willing to care about certain animals like chimps, orcas and elephants, over others such as dairy cows whose calves are taken from them soon after birth, and whose mothers also appear to grieve the separation.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a very interesting sort of set of biases about who we admit into this club, our moral circle,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淔or me, it91裸聊视频檚 what is the next step to make a difference for these animals so that we are not contributing to the harms and the deaths of these orca calves in this pod and in others.

91裸聊视频淲hat I want to do is find a way as best I can to galvanize people to say, 91裸聊视频業 care about Tahlequah, OK? Here91裸聊视频檚 what I91裸聊视频檓 going to do about it,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� she said.