A much better example for this topic are IMO elephants, they behave with certain gentle quiet reverence around elephant bones they stumble upon. They also exhi

A much better example for this topic are IMO elephants, they behave with certain gentle quiet reverence around elephant bones they stumble upon. They also exhibit some even more ritualistic behaviors[1][2][3][4] around other dead elephants, such as throwing leaves and branches over their bodies. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition#Death_ritual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition#Death_ritua... [2]https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/elephants-mourning-video-animal-grief https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/elephants... [3]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/animal-grief/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/animal-grief/ [4]https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120919-respect-the-dead https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120919-respect-the-dead