A group of chimpanzees mourn his death witnessed

More than a dozen chimps stand behind razor wire and watched silently Dorothy, a chimpanzee who was 40 years more, dying of heart failure. This is a very touching picture and maybe you never seen before.



The chimpanzee came from a chimpanzee rescue center in Cameroon Sanaga Yong. The locals work place as a volunteer nurse or "care givers" for the chimps who have been orphaned due to poaching.

Extraordinary photographs were taken on September 23, 2008 by Monica Szczupider who worked in the rescue center. According to Monica, Dorothy was at the rescue center for 8 years and he was a key figure among the 25 other chimps.


"Chimpanzees are naturally it was not animals that like to settle. They are like friends, like noisy and loud noise and is usually very difficult to get them to notice something in a long time." Said Monica

"But that day, they could not take my eyes off her eyes from the Dorothy and the silence is really incredible."

Previously, scientists reject the theory that animals can feel emotion and mention of the theory as "anthropomorphic" excessive. Anthropomorphic means wearing or attributes of human nature to beings other than humans.

However, some evidence suggests that animals may also be felt emotion.

Example chimpanzees at Sanaga Yong rescue center is often seen are lamenting the death of a family or group members by way of silence after the death occurred.

Even according to Dr. Marc Bekoff, an ethologist from the University of Colorado, birds Magpies also showed the same thing. When there is a death in the group, they looked grieved and held a funeral service by putting a pinch of grass next to a dead friend.

While the chimpanzees at Sanaga silence from behind the barbed wire, Dorothy gently wrapped in a bed that took him to his last resort.

Goodbye Dorothy ...

Source : XFile Enigma, National Geographic