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Three adult chimpanzees gather around an elderly chimpanzee as she dies peacefully. They contact her and closely inspect her face at the presumed moment of death. One chimpanzee in particular manipulates the dying females head and shoulders. In the absence of signs of life, two of the chimpanzees leave. The remaining chimpanzee remains for longer, forages, and then moves away.

See the paper by Anderson et al., Current Biology 20(8) pp. R349 R351: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2810%2900145-4

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