Observations by Pliny the Elder… I love the fact that someone is still reading ancient ass proto-science, but it really really has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Moon Worshippers
Submitted 2 months ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to science_memes@mander.xyz
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
exasperation@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Not a reliable source, if this claim can even be found in his works.
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Good ol’ Thunderbolts-come-from-Jupiter Pliny the Elder, the most trustworthy source there is.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
This is known hoax, the source is a lie and the real source is not trustworthy in a scientific sense.
What is actually by the claimed source is this:
Funeral rites in animals
While grief is common to many animals, funeral rituals are not. However, they are well documented in African elephants.[14]
Ronald K. Siegel writes that:
Both wild and captive chimpanzees engage in ritualized behaviors at the death of a group member. These behaviors begin with group or individual silence, which may last for hours and followed by behaviors such as distinctive vocalizations; grooming the carcass; solemn visitation and gazing at the carcass by group members; displays; and lamentation-like whimpers or hoo-calls of distress.[6]
Attention to the dead is not unique to elephants or chimpanzees. Dolphins have been known to stay with recently deceased members of their pod for several days, preventing divers from getting close.[8] However, the reasons for this remain obscure. While scientists can observe their actions, the thought processes that motivate them are beyond current study.[16]
Tahlequah (a.k.a. J35), a female orca, carried the carcass of her newborn infant for 17 days.[17]Whether this was a “tour of grief” or merely instinct is debated.[10]
Crows and other corvids also seem to participate in funeral-like ritualistic behavior, including gathering around and holding vigils over the carcass.[9][
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You just crushed my sense of wonder and beauty, with more wonder and beauty.
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yeah these examples are somehow more profound to me than elephants recognizing the moon as a thing.
big_slap@lemmy.world 2 months ago
reality is always stranger than fiction, beautiful imo
pelicans_plight@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I had a friend that had a couple Doberman Pinschers, shortly after they had pups the female got hit by a car and died, the male refused to eat afterwards and eventually died also. They definitely think and have emotions just like us.
Johanno@feddit.org 2 months ago
Having emotions and creating rituals is still a difference
Lisk91@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Updated 👍
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
Now it seems to say that the whole moon is a hoax.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The is my favourite new style of fact check. Really great stuff here
TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
This is some of the coolest stuff you could ever learn
Damage@feddit.it 2 months ago
Thank you