That's really interesting, Jude! We had a talk from Dr Amanda Ridley from the University of WA not too long ago, and she described the grieving of Australian magpies when one died. Such complex birds!
From: jude hopwood <>
Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014 5:57 PM
To: COG
Subject: [canberrabirds] Magpie Funeral Ritual
An interview with Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, probably a BBC production, was broadcast today on News Radio. In it he was asked about animal emotions and, as part of his answer, he described a magpie funeral ritual he observed.
I have found a similar story on Youtube - link attached.
Regards,
Jude.
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