Re: pathetic story

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Subject:	Re: pathetic story
From:	(Harvey Perkins)
Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:10:50 +1000

>Just as an aside - parrots probably should not be said to be "grieving" for
>the dead mate. The pair bonding is so strong that they just hang around the
>dead one, until they too are another road statistic.

So then how do you define "grieving".  Sure, it's anthropomorphic, but
isn't human grief the result of similar strong bonding. And given the
obvious ability of galahs to have "fun", I have no problem with their
ability to feel "grief". Particularly on a forum such as Birding-aus!

Cheers

Harvey



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Dr Harvey D. Perkins
Divn Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Faculty of Science
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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