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> Are there any social mammals that DON'T grieve? I remember a video of a hunter shooting a deer and the other deer around it didn't care and kept eating their
by dtx1 2y ago
> Are there any social mammals that DON'T grieve?
I remember a video of a hunter shooting a deer and the other deer around it didn't care and kept eating their grass. I suspect most cats are smarter than deers.
- boomboomsubban 2y agoOr the deer, constantly looking outside the herd for threats, did not understand what one deer suddenly falling over truly meant. I doubt cats would immediately understand what was happening if one of them was suddenly shot by something they could not perceive either.
- xg15 2y agoEven apart from the grieving, that sounds like very odd behaviour. Don't deer herds usually flee in all directions the moment they hear the bang of a shot? It seems weird they'd not react at all here.
- boomboomsubban 2y agoLate, but I assumed some kind of silencer was used.