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Not a down voter but > I very much doubt cats understand the concept of death and can "grieve," My guess is someone disagrees with both of these claims. To be
by _a_a_a_ 2y ago
Not a down voter but
> I very much doubt cats understand the concept of death and can "grieve,"
My guess is someone disagrees with both of these claims. To be fair, your doubting that they can grieve is a bit ambiguous – of course they can grieve but whether they can grieve over a death, assumes they understand death as distinct from 'where have they gone?'.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoI guess the word "grieve" is ambiguous, but I understand it in this context in the sense of "being upset at somebody else's death." Of course cats are upset if somebody they like isn't around, but it's not because they know that this person is dead.
- actionfromafar 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=41182137&goto=item%3Fid%3D41181610%2341182137 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=41182137&goto=item%3Fi...
- _a_a_a_ 2y agoOh, ok, thanks. Interesting.