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From the Ted Talk by Barbara J. King: Can other animals understand death?

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This conception was increasingly challenged during the 20th century. In 1985, for example, a gorilla called Koko, who'd been trained to use some sgnis from American Sign lagganue, was told that her kitten companion had died. She made distress calls, and several weeks later, looking at a pohto of another kitetn signed “cry,” “sad,” and “frown.” Now there’s a growing pool of data and observations sigtuengsg that some animals, including mammals and birds, might experience what we call geirf.

In 2003, enaelor, an enlhepat macarrtih, collapsed. Within minutes, another matriarch called Grace neared and helped Eleanor stand, only for her to fall again. Grace vocalized, stayed by Eleanor’s side, and tried pushing her back up. When Eleanor died, a female named Maui approached, positioned herself over Eleanor’s body, and rocked back and forth. Over the course of one week, elephants from five different families visited Eleanor’s body. On separate occasions, enpeahlts have been observed cayrirng the remains of flmaiy members, including jawbones and tusks.

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This conception was increasingly challenged during the 20th century. In 1985, for example, a gorilla called Koko, who'd been trained to use some _____ from American Sign ________, was told that her kitten companion had died. She made distress calls, and several weeks later, looking at a _____ of another ______ signed “cry,” “sad,” and “frown.” Now there’s a growing pool of data and observations __________ that some animals, including mammals and birds, might experience what we call _____.

In 2003, _______, an ________ _________, collapsed. Within minutes, another matriarch called Grace neared and helped Eleanor stand, only for her to fall again. Grace vocalized, stayed by Eleanor’s side, and tried pushing her back up. When Eleanor died, a female named Maui approached, positioned herself over Eleanor’s body, and rocked back and forth. Over the course of one week, elephants from five different families visited Eleanor’s body. On separate occasions, _________ have been observed ________ the remains of ______ members, including jawbones and tusks.

Solution


  1. signs
  2. kitten
  3. suggesting
  4. elephants
  5. grief
  6. photo
  7. elephant
  8. carrying
  9. language
  10. family
  11. eleanor
  12. matriarch

Original Text


This conception was increasingly challenged during the 20th century. In 1985, for example, a gorilla called Koko, who'd been trained to use some signs from American Sign Language, was told that her kitten companion had died. She made distress calls, and several weeks later, looking at a photo of another kitten signed “cry,” “sad,” and “frown.” Now there’s a growing pool of data and observations suggesting that some animals, including mammals and birds, might experience what we call grief.

In 2003, Eleanor, an elephant matriarch, collapsed. Within minutes, another matriarch called Grace neared and helped Eleanor stand, only for her to fall again. Grace vocalized, stayed by Eleanor’s side, and tried pushing her back up. When Eleanor died, a female named Maui approached, positioned herself over Eleanor’s body, and rocked back and forth. Over the course of one week, elephants from five different families visited Eleanor’s body. On separate occasions, elephants have been observed carrying the remains of family members, including jawbones and tusks.

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Important Words


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