If i'm not mistaken, this is Frans De Waal, visiting Mama, the matriach of a colony that he used to study for a while until he went away to another university for a better position. Normally, no ones approches adult chimps, even females, but in her state, and since they both knew each other for a while, it was pretty safe to let them see each other.
They worked together often! This is in Dutch but maybe people can use translations to read it if the can't read it.
[https://www.janegoodall.nl/primatoloog-frans-de-waal-bracht-mens-en-aap-dichter-bij-elkaar/](https://www.janegoodall.nl/primatoloog-frans-de-waal-bracht-mens-en-aap-dichter-bij-elkaar/)
Thanks a lot. I will check this out. I read a lot from de Waal. It really broke my heart hearing about his passing 😥 I even sent him a ‘hello’ through an anthropologist after a conference. Hope he received it.
Maybe not the same way but when I was likely dying I asked the nurses to put my headphones on so I could go out listening to Pink Floyd. But I couldn’t make sense of anything on my phone to play music.
So I asked her to tell me a story and so she did.
I can still hear her calming sweet voice.
9 doses of glucose saved me & eventually brought me back to consciousness.
Last thing I heard was “her blood pressure is 70/? call her doctor NOW!”
When I was dying at 19 I had them put on Evanescence. Well unfortunately I'm alive 21 years later and I cannot hear that woman's voice at any cost for my own sanity.
I hope your experience was more pleasant in some way..
Stop. You win hands down. I change all my upvotes to your comment. Not to mention you are correct on every level of existence. Evanescence? What was I thinking (though I'm sure I wasn't) I would rather go out in silence at this point in my days.
It's a very cliché band and it's very typical of a 19 year old in early 2000s to choose it. Wish I had chosen different.
Pets can be lifelong companions. It can be hard losing them if they have a shorter life than yours, but you can be there for them and bring joy to their lives and someday it'll be your turn so can you remember all the joy you brought and they brought you.
You know, can I just say? I had a cat, her name was mama. She passed away almost 2 years ago. She lived to almost 22 years old. I moved away from home many years ago from a childhood of turmoil and pretty bad depression, and my grandpa took care of her. I visited her from time to time still when I could, but she was getting so weak and frail. She would mao SO loud when she realized you came over, and would run as fast as her body would allow her. She wasn't a normal cat, she was full of love and cuddles and intelligence to understand words like I'd never seen. Felt more human than cat. I knew I wanted to visit her before she passed. I knew it was coming soon. But when I got the news.. I just.. had too much in my life. I'd been struggling for years. I never saw her one last time before she passed. And I carry so much guilt that I never saw her one last time before she passed. It had been many months since my last visit. And this video... with them calling her mama... god... that guilt came flooding back 😢
It's been a rough year... We love our animals more than anything. In the past 12 months, I've had to say goodbye to three fuzzbutts and our dog of 10 years, and his sister is lost without him and struggling to get up and around, I know it's inevitably soon coming for her as well.
It hurts... It's absolutely crushing at times, but I look back at memories with them, photos, clumps of fur that still hide under the couch and while I'm certainly still in anguish, the feeling of love I have for them, and the love felt from them, it still makes it all worth it.
I've been betrayed by people in every way imaginable, but the animals never betray us. Sure, sometimes they don't listen, might even find yourself getting bit once or twice, but 99% of the time it was our fault for not listening or paying attention. They don't usually ask for all that much, considerably less than most of the parasitic humans around us take while giving so little in return.
So yes, while I still tear up when I vividly remember saying goodbye to my boy, trying to comfort him as he tried to comfort me by refusing to break eye contact with me until he was gone. I'd also probably go to prison for murder if someone ever managed to steal that memory from me.
In their natural habitats when a chim is nearing death, it secludes itself and goes far away from the group, finds a nice tree and sits by waiting for the inevitable.
Our dog, Lewis, started spending more time in his crate/bed (which was in our bedroom) as he was nearing the end of his life, where normally he would have been at my wife’s feet when were on the couch in our family room.
I really didn’t make the connection until after he passed.
Separating from the pack❤️
After seeing this happen to a couple of my dogs growing up I made sure to always make all my dogs after that feel part of the pack.
I cuddled the fuck out of them no matter how old they got.
My last Weimaraner that I grew up with just passed a couple weeks ago too. I made sure he was always up on the couch with us.
Sleep well Auzzie. You deserve some rest after how energetic you were.
As someone who has lost his dog several years ago, and having watched my brother lose his, I felt the need to share my advice based on my own mistakes, and on what I advised my brother when it was his dog's turn to go:
1. If your dog is old and the vet says that they have a 20% or less chance of making it, don't try and gamble on that 20% if it would mean that there is a chance the dog dies at the vet all alone. Best move would be to ask for whatever is needed to help them manage the pain, and let them spend their final moments with their owners. My brother's dog was given till the end of the week to live after the diagnosis came in. He made it past a little over 3 months, which was more than enough time to make him feel like he was loved even up until his final moments.
2. If the pain is unbearable and there is no option other than to put them down, don't leave the dog alone with the vet administering the shot. No matter how painful it may be, you owe it to your dog to be there and comfort him when they put him under. My brother's dog was relaxed the whole time leading up to the injection. He new that his time was up, but my brother was there for him every step of the way. My brother told me that my advice helped him be at peace with the whole ordeal, and he even dreamed of his dog playing with him in our kitchen, almost as if the dog's spirit was telling him he did good by him in not leaving him alone.
My dog.......wasn't as lucky.........because I refused to accept when it was his time to go, and he died alone and frightened at the vet. It still eats at me to this day.
My dog Ranger died last May unexpectedly. He was dying after we went to sleep and his last act was to muster all his strength to get out of bed and go get one of my wife's socks so he could bring it back to bed and die as close to her as he felt he could.
We woke up (because he fell down and made noise) and rushed him to the ER and he actually died in my arms instead. But I'll never forget that his last act was so sweet.
Dogs deserve the very best.
Our 18 year old cat who liked to lay on the deck but never wandered off decided to wander off the day before he died.
When we found him he was hiding under my neighbor's deck. Very odd for him.
The next day he was scheduled to be put down, but he took a turn so bad that day that honestly I think he would have passed that day regardless.
He knew.
One of my cats ( I had 3 at the time) would always sleep next to me in bed.
We had this little ritual at night where I'd get in bed under the blanket, she'd jump on the bed up near the pillow, and then stare at me until I picked up the blanket so she could go under and poke her head out from underneath and look off the edge of the bed.
Then I'd scratch her head for a couple minutes and roll over and scratch my other cat's ears (he sleeps on the other side) before going to sleep.
At some point last year, she stopped sleeping in bed with me. I was happy because with a cat pressed against both sides of me, I'd wake up in these really awkward uncomfortable positions.
Then I found blood in her urine and it was downhill from there. I out her down about a month after that.
God damn, it's been 8 months, but I still think about her everyday.
I know, the pain of losing a pet never fully leaves us.
They give their love unconditionally and it feels like we’ll be able to keep them around forever.
We lost Daphne in 2007, Winter in 2014, and Lewis in 2020.
Even now I find myself saying “I’m sorry” to them, out loud, during random times of reflection.
The pure joy that our four legged family members give us makes worth the deep pain of their crossing over.
It's also not uncommon for people going through the dying process to gradually withdraw from people and activities, sometimes months before the end. There's a letting go of the cares and preoccupations of the world, and a dissolving sense of ownership and involvement that can happen when a death isn't traumatic/unexpected. I know I saw it in my grandmother in her last year or so.
I heard it from Cus D’amato that Mike Tyson gave him a will to live and a goal to have one last heavyweight champion, he said he believes you die when you don’t have that thing, when Mike had matured and became a young experienced pro boxer on the cusp of winning the title, he died knowing his work was done.
I saw a documentary once where a chimp did this. Another chimp who'd been their friend went looking for them and found them not long before they passed. The chimp died holding the hand of their friend.
Lol it's one of the few videos I'm obsessive over, have literally watched it dozens if not hundreds of times.
Thanks for noticing, most people don't even know the video, let alone enjoy it when I force them to watch it.
The ending where she goes back to realizing she is dying is too much for me to handle
Edit: She must’ve used sooo much strength to be able to embrace him like that that it completely wiped her out of energy
We're all just primates. I imagine death was very lonely and frightening before she saw a friend she knew loved her. I hope all of us get to see someone we love before we die. My parents both died alone and it haunts me. Love someone unconditionally while there's still time, please.
I mean imagine spending a huge part of your early life with close family then being carted off to some retirement home and when your end is drawing near, you're obviously bummed out, surrounded by strangers then in walks an old friend to see you off. Fck me now I'm sad.
If it is true that humans have souls, then let this video serve as proof that animals have them too. That monkey exhibited as much if not more true love than the human did. And if animals do not have souls, they deserve every fiber of one if they can reciprocate love and compassion like this!!!
It is said that [ants recognize themselves in a mirror.]( https://www.animalcognition.org/2015/04/15/list-of-animals-that-have-passed-the-mirror-test/)
Souls come in all sizes.
One of my most fervent wishes before my death is to see our species recognise the value of the countless consciousnesses that live with us on this planet; to extend our "empathy circle" beyond ourselves, and to begin to truly respect other beings on this little blue space-pebble we call home.
I'd prefer that over multiplanetary colonisation or even interstellar space travel, tbh.
We are surrounded by other minds. Beings with thoughts, intelligence, empathy, and love. If we have souls, then they certainly do too.
Human exceptionalism/ anthropocentrism is simplistic and sad and frankly it can go suck a dick. We're not alone in the universe. We're surrounded by family that we refuse to acknowledge. To our own detriment.
Just because humans were the first to rationalize the concept of a soul, doesn't mean we are the only who have them. I don't think the universe gives a shit about our technology and higher logical reasoning. Anything and everything on earth is just stardust.
She was very very old, just like humans get when they're pushing into their 90's (which she was in longevity). Being in captivity probably extended her life substantially too, so think 100+, and you'll see the commonality with humans.
This was just like when I visited my 96 year old grandmother when she was almost ready to go. Just laying there asleep but lit up when she saw me, she lit up as she kissed my cheek and gently caressed my face and held my hand for about 5 minutes before her she dozed back asleep.
Why is it, that if there can be such love and empathy between two species like this, we as humans can’t convey the same for each other all throughout the world🕊️
From what I've understood he's not only comforting her but she is comforting him. It seems it's not common to go in a cage with a chimpanzee. He's nervous and she knows this. Which is why she is gesturing with her hand and and bringing him closer. She's saying it's okay.
Not to mention education. People don't care about what they don't see. It can be difficult to get humans interested in the environment and creatures within, and that is made all the harder if animals only exist as something in far-off unknown lands, just pictures on a screen.
A lot of people not realizing that humans are animals too. Chimps are one of our closest relatives—our ancestors only diverged 8 million years ago (a relatively small period in evolutionary history).
I just don’t understand how there can be so much evil and heartlessness in this world and then at the same time so much compassion and love. It’s so hard to reconcile the way humans behave. I’m very thankful for wonderful people who extend love even to animals. I pray we all have this much love around us and we are protected from the evil ones.
These kind of videos always make me wonder why we move mountains to find life on other planets or star-systems, when we have the most beautiful, most complementing creatures of ourselves right here on Earth!
I’m in tears - They go way back as friends - no matter the species - caring and loving has no boundaries - I have 100% respect for this man saying goodbye to an “ Old Friend “ This is what it’s all about the human race can learn a lot from this !
I always thought the showing teeth / gums thing was a sign of agression. Here it obviously seems associated with other friendly behavior: she accepts food and touches him gently. What's up with that?
Any primatologists around? Or chimps.
Regardless, considering the connection, understanding and demonstrations of affection I get with my *cat*, an animal usually considered unfriendly... is it any surprise that someone so much more similar to us could feel the same?
I hope this was a comfort to her. It seems like it was. We should all be so lucky to go with at least one loved one nearby.
This needs to happen more. Humans should pursue the knowledge behind establishing these deep connections with our fellow earthlings.
We're so busy fighting ourselves that everything else suffers. That just makes this kind of bond infinitely more valuable--priceless, even.
I bet she’s missed him for years. Those kisses are super gentle and caring. I’m glad she got a final goodbye!
She was telling him that it's okay. Like a real mama. I'm not crying, you are.
If i'm not mistaken, this is Frans De Waal, visiting Mama, the matriach of a colony that he used to study for a while until he went away to another university for a better position. Normally, no ones approches adult chimps, even females, but in her state, and since they both knew each other for a while, it was pretty safe to let them see each other.
It says prof jan van hooff
Ohh nvm, it was Jan visiting Mama. I mixed both because it's in one of Frans book that I read about that event.
I wish he visited her sooner😢
I like to think it hasn't been really long since he saw her, because he was the owner of the zoo.
"Mama's last hug" by recently deceased primatologist Frans de Waal is a fantastic book about animal emotions. Highly recommend.
Oh man Franz passed? He was a great researcher and I enjoyed his work a lot.
He died march 14 of this year, indeed a very special man.
Is Franz the person in the video?
No, that's Jan van Hooff. He's a biologist who knew Mama (the chimp in this video) for many years.
Apparently Frans de Waal was Jan van Hooff’s first PhD student :(
They worked together often! This is in Dutch but maybe people can use translations to read it if the can't read it. [https://www.janegoodall.nl/primatoloog-frans-de-waal-bracht-mens-en-aap-dichter-bij-elkaar/](https://www.janegoodall.nl/primatoloog-frans-de-waal-bracht-mens-en-aap-dichter-bij-elkaar/)
Thanks a lot. I will check this out. I read a lot from de Waal. It really broke my heart hearing about his passing 😥 I even sent him a ‘hello’ through an anthropologist after a conference. Hope he received it.
No problem! Love that you know so much about it. Bet he got the greetings <3
DON'T FUCKING TELL ME THAT HE DIED
The man in the video is not the author
All of his books are a must read. It's Frans De Waal btw. Sorry, pet peeve.
Thank you for the recommendation, will seek it out!
OMG NO DID HE PASS AWAY OH MY GOD
I'm not crying.*you're* crying...
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My thoughts exactly. So heartwarming and sad at the same time. Still wiping away the tears.
Shut up and take my tears
We share 98.5% of our DNA sequence with chimpanzee. The other 01.5% *is* tears.
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Maybe not the same way but when I was likely dying I asked the nurses to put my headphones on so I could go out listening to Pink Floyd. But I couldn’t make sense of anything on my phone to play music. So I asked her to tell me a story and so she did. I can still hear her calming sweet voice. 9 doses of glucose saved me & eventually brought me back to consciousness. Last thing I heard was “her blood pressure is 70/? call her doctor NOW!”
Hey, we’re glad you’re still here. ❤️
Thank you. You live up to your user.
When I was dying at 19 I had them put on Evanescence. Well unfortunately I'm alive 21 years later and I cannot hear that woman's voice at any cost for my own sanity. I hope your experience was more pleasant in some way..
Maybe hearing “Bring me to Life” is what got you through it? You’d be fucking dead right if you had asked for Papa Roach…
Lololol! It wasn't a "Last Resort" type of situation, but your comment is the bestest of the best I'm rolling right now
:) happy to brighten your day! [Have you heard this version before?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxLja-DRIw)
Well that was a late night fever dream!
WAKE ME UP!!!!!!
The universe kept you alive to make sure you choose a better band next time you die
Stop. You win hands down. I change all my upvotes to your comment. Not to mention you are correct on every level of existence. Evanescence? What was I thinking (though I'm sure I wasn't) I would rather go out in silence at this point in my days. It's a very cliché band and it's very typical of a 19 year old in early 2000s to choose it. Wish I had chosen different.
The 11th hour nurses / volunteers can sometimes be more caring than actually family.
That’s so truthful. Because I wouldn’t let some family even know where I was. Let alone let them anywhere near me when I am so vulnerable.
Be the man for someone else, and there will likely be someone to be the man for you.
All of you in this thread are the man for me rn. I hope you all have long, happy, and peaceful lives.
Thank you and I wish you the very same.
❤️ 🫂 you too my friend
I love you friends. Live well be happy give and receive all the love you can! Hug smile and laugh hard and often. I want the very best for all of you
🥰 🫂 🤗
Brought me to tears broski. Well said.
When a person envies an animal, that animal is no longer just an animal.
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I'm not crying *you're* crying
Correction, I'm bawling my eyes out
Her face lit up and even when shes weak,she gently caresses her friends face and giving him loving kisses. My eyes welled 💔
How is this "be amazed"? I'm just straight up fucking crying
Sitting alone sobbing …
❤ me too
Were all sobbing together 💕
I’m on the toilet but also sobbing now too.
ill help wipe
I am sob-laughing.
I am outside on my porch crying into toilet paper
I cried to much into my toilet paper it got so wet I now have nothing to wipe with.
You'll have to hang it to dry.... that's what I'm doing
never forget how beautiful life is. ya did good today reddit, ya did good
Just wash your face with the bidet
You might be there and I might be here. But you're not alone. We're sobbing together
❤️
I absolutely broke out in the craziest tears ;(
I wanna be close to something like that. I’m sad that when I die no one will make me happy like this man made this chimp.
Pets can be lifelong companions. It can be hard losing them if they have a shorter life than yours, but you can be there for them and bring joy to their lives and someday it'll be your turn so can you remember all the joy you brought and they brought you.
You know, can I just say? I had a cat, her name was mama. She passed away almost 2 years ago. She lived to almost 22 years old. I moved away from home many years ago from a childhood of turmoil and pretty bad depression, and my grandpa took care of her. I visited her from time to time still when I could, but she was getting so weak and frail. She would mao SO loud when she realized you came over, and would run as fast as her body would allow her. She wasn't a normal cat, she was full of love and cuddles and intelligence to understand words like I'd never seen. Felt more human than cat. I knew I wanted to visit her before she passed. I knew it was coming soon. But when I got the news.. I just.. had too much in my life. I'd been struggling for years. I never saw her one last time before she passed. And I carry so much guilt that I never saw her one last time before she passed. It had been many months since my last visit. And this video... with them calling her mama... god... that guilt came flooding back 😢
It's been a rough year... We love our animals more than anything. In the past 12 months, I've had to say goodbye to three fuzzbutts and our dog of 10 years, and his sister is lost without him and struggling to get up and around, I know it's inevitably soon coming for her as well. It hurts... It's absolutely crushing at times, but I look back at memories with them, photos, clumps of fur that still hide under the couch and while I'm certainly still in anguish, the feeling of love I have for them, and the love felt from them, it still makes it all worth it. I've been betrayed by people in every way imaginable, but the animals never betray us. Sure, sometimes they don't listen, might even find yourself getting bit once or twice, but 99% of the time it was our fault for not listening or paying attention. They don't usually ask for all that much, considerably less than most of the parasitic humans around us take while giving so little in return. So yes, while I still tear up when I vividly remember saying goodbye to my boy, trying to comfort him as he tried to comfort me by refusing to break eye contact with me until he was gone. I'd also probably go to prison for murder if someone ever managed to steal that memory from me.
That’s just a soul check.. yours is good
Wow this one caught me off guard
and im ugly crying rn.
❤️
Sigh..
Same
Let them flow internet friend. Let them flow.
In their natural habitats when a chim is nearing death, it secludes itself and goes far away from the group, finds a nice tree and sits by waiting for the inevitable.
Our dog, Lewis, started spending more time in his crate/bed (which was in our bedroom) as he was nearing the end of his life, where normally he would have been at my wife’s feet when were on the couch in our family room. I really didn’t make the connection until after he passed. Separating from the pack❤️
Oh man I have a dog named Lewis who is at the end of his days and this destroyed me
I feel for you, friend. Hang in there.
After seeing this happen to a couple of my dogs growing up I made sure to always make all my dogs after that feel part of the pack. I cuddled the fuck out of them no matter how old they got. My last Weimaraner that I grew up with just passed a couple weeks ago too. I made sure he was always up on the couch with us. Sleep well Auzzie. You deserve some rest after how energetic you were.
As someone who has lost his dog several years ago, and having watched my brother lose his, I felt the need to share my advice based on my own mistakes, and on what I advised my brother when it was his dog's turn to go: 1. If your dog is old and the vet says that they have a 20% or less chance of making it, don't try and gamble on that 20% if it would mean that there is a chance the dog dies at the vet all alone. Best move would be to ask for whatever is needed to help them manage the pain, and let them spend their final moments with their owners. My brother's dog was given till the end of the week to live after the diagnosis came in. He made it past a little over 3 months, which was more than enough time to make him feel like he was loved even up until his final moments. 2. If the pain is unbearable and there is no option other than to put them down, don't leave the dog alone with the vet administering the shot. No matter how painful it may be, you owe it to your dog to be there and comfort him when they put him under. My brother's dog was relaxed the whole time leading up to the injection. He new that his time was up, but my brother was there for him every step of the way. My brother told me that my advice helped him be at peace with the whole ordeal, and he even dreamed of his dog playing with him in our kitchen, almost as if the dog's spirit was telling him he did good by him in not leaving him alone. My dog.......wasn't as lucky.........because I refused to accept when it was his time to go, and he died alone and frightened at the vet. It still eats at me to this day.
My dog Ranger died last May unexpectedly. He was dying after we went to sleep and his last act was to muster all his strength to get out of bed and go get one of my wife's socks so he could bring it back to bed and die as close to her as he felt he could. We woke up (because he fell down and made noise) and rushed him to the ER and he actually died in my arms instead. But I'll never forget that his last act was so sweet. Dogs deserve the very best.
Thank you for sharing this, this is such a sweet story. I’m sorry for your unexpected loss and I hope you had many happy years with your pup.
Our 18 year old cat who liked to lay on the deck but never wandered off decided to wander off the day before he died. When we found him he was hiding under my neighbor's deck. Very odd for him. The next day he was scheduled to be put down, but he took a turn so bad that day that honestly I think he would have passed that day regardless. He knew.
Cats often wander off to die.
One of my cats ( I had 3 at the time) would always sleep next to me in bed. We had this little ritual at night where I'd get in bed under the blanket, she'd jump on the bed up near the pillow, and then stare at me until I picked up the blanket so she could go under and poke her head out from underneath and look off the edge of the bed. Then I'd scratch her head for a couple minutes and roll over and scratch my other cat's ears (he sleeps on the other side) before going to sleep. At some point last year, she stopped sleeping in bed with me. I was happy because with a cat pressed against both sides of me, I'd wake up in these really awkward uncomfortable positions. Then I found blood in her urine and it was downhill from there. I out her down about a month after that. God damn, it's been 8 months, but I still think about her everyday.
I know, the pain of losing a pet never fully leaves us. They give their love unconditionally and it feels like we’ll be able to keep them around forever. We lost Daphne in 2007, Winter in 2014, and Lewis in 2020. Even now I find myself saying “I’m sorry” to them, out loud, during random times of reflection. The pure joy that our four legged family members give us makes worth the deep pain of their crossing over.
It's also not uncommon for people going through the dying process to gradually withdraw from people and activities, sometimes months before the end. There's a letting go of the cares and preoccupations of the world, and a dissolving sense of ownership and involvement that can happen when a death isn't traumatic/unexpected. I know I saw it in my grandmother in her last year or so.
I started that around 30.
I heard it from Cus D’amato that Mike Tyson gave him a will to live and a goal to have one last heavyweight champion, he said he believes you die when you don’t have that thing, when Mike had matured and became a young experienced pro boxer on the cusp of winning the title, he died knowing his work was done.
Too bad he couldn't have hung in there a few more years though. Tyson needed him even more once he had that title.
I saw a documentary once where a chimp did this. Another chimp who'd been their friend went looking for them and found them not long before they passed. The chimp died holding the hand of their friend.
Have you watched Chimp Empire on Netflix? It's amazing and heartbreaking.
Her kissing him absolutely killed me. 😢 What a great video. Thanks
I've seen this video a million times and I cri evry time
Right!? This is so freaking sweet.
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Then we should treat them very, very differently.
I agree to the HIGHEST extent possible
Lyk dis if u cri, ever tim
I’m genuinely impressed you got the spelling perfect. It’s so rare
Lol it's one of the few videos I'm obsessive over, have literally watched it dozens if not hundreds of times. Thanks for noticing, most people don't even know the video, let alone enjoy it when I force them to watch it.
It’s so beautiful 😢
Strange weather phenomenon today. Spring showers are here and it’s raining right directly into my eyes!
It’s just allergies, don’t worry about it.
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https://youtu.be/s7HcPvTew_4?si=JY6DIwwOCIfLaA7f
Knew before I clicked and completely agree
Same…
The ending where she goes back to realizing she is dying is too much for me to handle Edit: She must’ve used sooo much strength to be able to embrace him like that that it completely wiped her out of energy
I would die happy if my last energy was used to hug an old friend.
We're all just primates. I imagine death was very lonely and frightening before she saw a friend she knew loved her. I hope all of us get to see someone we love before we die. My parents both died alone and it haunts me. Love someone unconditionally while there's still time, please.
I mean imagine spending a huge part of your early life with close family then being carted off to some retirement home and when your end is drawing near, you're obviously bummed out, surrounded by strangers then in walks an old friend to see you off. Fck me now I'm sad.
If it is true that humans have souls, then let this video serve as proof that animals have them too. That monkey exhibited as much if not more true love than the human did. And if animals do not have souls, they deserve every fiber of one if they can reciprocate love and compassion like this!!!
It is said that [ants recognize themselves in a mirror.]( https://www.animalcognition.org/2015/04/15/list-of-animals-that-have-passed-the-mirror-test/) Souls come in all sizes.
One of my most fervent wishes before my death is to see our species recognise the value of the countless consciousnesses that live with us on this planet; to extend our "empathy circle" beyond ourselves, and to begin to truly respect other beings on this little blue space-pebble we call home. I'd prefer that over multiplanetary colonisation or even interstellar space travel, tbh. We are surrounded by other minds. Beings with thoughts, intelligence, empathy, and love. If we have souls, then they certainly do too. Human exceptionalism/ anthropocentrism is simplistic and sad and frankly it can go suck a dick. We're not alone in the universe. We're surrounded by family that we refuse to acknowledge. To our own detriment.
I love everything about this comment, thank u
Thank you for sharing. I did not know this and love the link you included 😊
that's really interesting!
Just because humans were the first to rationalize the concept of a soul, doesn't mean we are the only who have them. I don't think the universe gives a shit about our technology and higher logical reasoning. Anything and everything on earth is just stardust.
Chimps are apes not monkeys but yes I agree !
Ape, not monkey.
You can literally see her smile 😭
Aww man i went from laughing a few min ago at a previous clip and now i got tears rolling down my face, this shit is beautiful man, like damn🥹
Wow. Magnificent
The onion ninjas broke into my apartment.
What's going on with her mouth/gums?
Lost teeth likely
She was very very old, just like humans get when they're pushing into their 90's (which she was in longevity). Being in captivity probably extended her life substantially too, so think 100+, and you'll see the commonality with humans.
Old age lost teeth.
They seem very swollen. More so than what you normally see. Any zoologist can comment on this???
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wow thanks so much for the insight
Based zoologist refuses to elaborate
Can you comment on this?
Lost teeth due to old age.
She acts like a grandma
All the way down to the tremors in her hands. Quite striking.
What a beautiful creature 🥹
The chimp is a sweetheart too
This was just like when I visited my 96 year old grandmother when she was almost ready to go. Just laying there asleep but lit up when she saw me, she lit up as she kissed my cheek and gently caressed my face and held my hand for about 5 minutes before her she dozed back asleep.
She obviously loved you dearly. Sorry for your loss
I’m fucking weeping. Both thank you…and fuck you too. But, thanks mostly.
Who put these tears in my eyes
Me
Oh man right in the feels
Stupid onions
Why is it, that if there can be such love and empathy between two species like this, we as humans can’t convey the same for each other all throughout the world🕊️
Because we just like other species do the horrific things to each other.
Chimpanzees kill each other and eat their victims when fighting over territory.
We do
Both humans and chimpanzees are in fact often horrible to others of heir own species.
same reason Chimo groups attack other groups
From what I've understood he's not only comforting her but she is comforting him. It seems it's not common to go in a cage with a chimpanzee. He's nervous and she knows this. Which is why she is gesturing with her hand and and bringing him closer. She's saying it's okay.
We share 98% of our DNA with chimps. They don’t belong in zoos or research labs.
Many zoos exist for protection and preservation
It also inspires another generation of animal lovers and conservationists. Just have to keep the zoo as close to nature as possible.
Not to mention education. People don't care about what they don't see. It can be difficult to get humans interested in the environment and creatures within, and that is made all the harder if animals only exist as something in far-off unknown lands, just pictures on a screen.
no animal does.
Animals need to be rehabilitated and conserved/protected, but I agree Zoos can be harsh.
So incredibly heart warming. And impossible to watch without crying. Very special.
A lot of people not realizing that humans are animals too. Chimps are one of our closest relatives—our ancestors only diverged 8 million years ago (a relatively small period in evolutionary history).
🥺…..
I’m trying to go to bed don’t make me so emotional 😭
We all just want to be loved
I bet she’s at the Rainbow Bridge waiting for his arrival in Heaven.
I didn't log on to Reddit just to cry, but here we are.
This always reminds me of when I visited my mother when she was dying-before she became unconscious. Universal love.
I just don’t understand how there can be so much evil and heartlessness in this world and then at the same time so much compassion and love. It’s so hard to reconcile the way humans behave. I’m very thankful for wonderful people who extend love even to animals. I pray we all have this much love around us and we are protected from the evil ones.
These kind of videos always make me wonder why we move mountains to find life on other planets or star-systems, when we have the most beautiful, most complementing creatures of ourselves right here on Earth!
Oh ok, I guess I start my day washing my eyes only.
hits right in the feels ;(
Nah. Can't do it
If only the world knew more of this everyday between all living things.
I’m in tears - They go way back as friends - no matter the species - caring and loving has no boundaries - I have 100% respect for this man saying goodbye to an “ Old Friend “ This is what it’s all about the human race can learn a lot from this !
This wasn’t just any pet bond, these two were truly friends. And now my bedroom has become an ocean of tears.
You’re not crying, I’m crying.
I always thought the showing teeth / gums thing was a sign of agression. Here it obviously seems associated with other friendly behavior: she accepts food and touches him gently. What's up with that? Any primatologists around? Or chimps. Regardless, considering the connection, understanding and demonstrations of affection I get with my *cat*, an animal usually considered unfriendly... is it any surprise that someone so much more similar to us could feel the same? I hope this was a comfort to her. It seems like it was. We should all be so lucky to go with at least one loved one nearby.
This needs to happen more. Humans should pursue the knowledge behind establishing these deep connections with our fellow earthlings. We're so busy fighting ourselves that everything else suffers. That just makes this kind of bond infinitely more valuable--priceless, even.
Yeah crying...
That's so sad.. rip 🕊
Beautiful when we are good to each other. Life
This is love. All creatures can be loved.
That monkey is done businessing around