The

　　horse，Triumph，died not long ago.Triumph had lived much of his life with another horse, Wolf.They were just like brothers, fighting, kicking, and biting for hours, only to turn around and share each other's food.When Triumph died, the worry turned to Wolf.Many a scientist will refuse to admit the ability of a horse to feel the loss of another more deeply than the simple absence of a pack­mate.However, this was proved thoroughly untrue to me after Triumph's death.

　　Triumph was buried a respectful distance from the rest of the horses, but Wolf was placed as near to the grave as possible.The morning after Triumph's death, Wolf could be seen staring sadly at his brother's grave, his food unfinished.After about 20 minutes of this, the oldest mare (母马) of the herd bit his neck gently and led him slowly to the water trough (饮水槽)．Wolf followed, like he could do nothing else.After watching him drink, the old mare again bit him, and walked away to finish her food.Wolf seemed to take this as an order, and slowly began to finish his own food.

　　Anyone who questions an animal's ability to mourn

　　has never seen what I saw that day.I had never seen a horse look so heartbroken.As Wolf stood sadly near the fence, each horse individually came and stood with him, gently pushing his nose or nickering (嘶叫) softly.It was clear that they were paying their respects to his loss, exactly like any funeral.

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