[NEWS] Five links on non-humans: gorillas, orcas, elephants, crows, parrots

[rfmcdonald]

• JSTOR Daily reported on the legacy of Koko the gorilla, on the insights she opened up into non-human minds.


• The mourning demonstrated by this orca mother with her calf, and the grief that is implied, remains moving. CBC reports.


• Julian Benoit at The Conversation writes about the import of DNA analyses on our understanding of the evolution of elephants.


• French theme park Puy de Dome has recruited six crows to collect garbage from its grounds. Smithsonian Magazine reports.


• D-Brief reports on findings that Native Americans in New Mexico may have been breeding parrots.