Grief and love in the animal kingdom | Barbara J. King

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🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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From mourning orcas to distressed elephants, biological anthropologist Barbara J. King has witnessed grief and love across the animal kingdom. In this eye-opening talk, she explains the evidence behind her belief that many animals experience complex emotions, and suggests ways all of us can treat them more ethically -- including every time we eat. "Animals don't grieve exactly like we do, but this doesn't mean that their grief isn't real," she says. "It is real, and it's searing, and we can see it if we choose."

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0:00.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. From a lasting bird friendship to an
0:09.3	orca whale who swim a thousand miles with her ailing baby on her back, to an elephant who held a vigil.
0:15.6	Today we're going to hear some heartwarming stories from the animal kingdom. Barbara J. King's archive
0:20.5	talk from TED 2019 is about to pierce your heart with the animal kingdom. Barbara J. King's archive talk from TED
0:21.3	2019 is about to pierce your heart with the way animals can feel and grieve. She says by
0:28.6	recognizing this, we can make the world kinder to animals. By the talk's end, she'll detail
0:34.2	all the ways how.
0:41.8	I'd like to tell you today about an orca named Taliqua.
0:46.0	Taliqua is also known as J35 to scientists because she swims with the J-Pod and the Salish Sea.
0:49.6	These are the waters off of British Columbia and Washington State.
0:53.9	Now, last year in July, 2018,
0:57.1	she was well along in her 17-month pregnancy,
1:01.4	and scientists were very excited
1:03.0	because no baby had survived in this pod for three long years.
1:08.7	Now, orcas are also known as killer whales.
1:11.7	They're profoundly social and profoundly intelligent beings.
1:16.7	And scientists are very interested in their behavior,
1:20.0	because in their social networks,
1:21.5	they share habits, information and even affection.
1:25.0	They create true cultures of the ocean. But this pod has been in trouble.
1:31.4	The Chinook salmon that the Orca's favor has been way down in the region, and pollution has been up.
1:38.5	But on July 24th, Talakawa gave birth to a daughter, and scientists were so excited by this development.
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