squirrel funeral part 2

[mckitterick]

A little update: A few minutes after I lay the dead squirrel down at the roots of his favorite tree, a young squirrel came hopping across the yard to see what was up. It stopped about three feet away, stood up for a few seconds, then hopped away. Youth's response to death

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[subplot2]

Wow.

[mckitterick]

I know!

[blzblack]

That's neat. I'd love to have seen that.

[mckitterick]

It pleased me greatly.

[silverfae]

Maybe the initial youngster went and scouted out the two to do the ritual?

[mckitterick]

That would be pretty neat, wouldn't it? I love the animal world.

[subplot2]

I'm not familiar enough with ethology to know the latest research on death-response, but here's an article I stumbled across that is worth a cursory flip-through:

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