Animals
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Elephants Console One Another By Genital Touching and Sympathetic Noises
During times of distress, Asian elephants trumpet sympathetic noises and use their trunks to massage their downtrodden comrade's face, mouth and genitals, according to a new study that offers the first empirical evidence of consolation in elephants.
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