[zksmk]

A much better example for this topic are IMO elephants, they behave with certain gentle quiet reverence around elephant bones they stumble upon.

They also exhibit some even more ritualistic behaviors[1][2][3][4] around other dead elephants, such as throwing leaves and branches over their bodies.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition#Death_ritua... [2]https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/elephants... [3]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/animal-grief/ [4]https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120919-respect-the-dead

[mmcconnell1618]

Crows also hold funerals for fallen comrades: * https://www.livescience.com/53283-why-crows-hold-funerals.ht... * https://www.audubon.org/news/think-crow-funerals-are-strange... * https://baynature.org/2020/10/29/flying-in-for-the-crow-fune...

[BitwiseFool]

I witnessed this once. A larger than usual murder of crows on the roadside looking at a road-killed comrade. It was surreal.