Barbara J. King: Grief and love in the animal kingdom
芭芭拉 · J. 金: 动物王国的悲痛与爱
As a writer on animal cognition and emotion, Barbara J. King seeks to motivate us all to be kinder to the animals we share the planet with. Full bio
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about an orca named Tahlequah.
她名叫塔勒阔,
as J35 to scientists,
一起生活在赛利希海域,
in the Salish Sea.
加拿大卑诗省和美国华盛顿州。
British Columbia and Washington State.
in her 17-month pregnancy,
in this pod for three long years.
这个鲸群的宝宝都夭折了。
known as killer whales.
and profoundly intelligent beings.
in their behavior,
分享习性、信息、
they share habits, information
has been way down in the region,
奇努克鲑鱼数量骤减,
gave birth to a daughter,
塔勒阔生了个女儿,
by this development.
in fact, shortly after birth --
其实,就在出生后不久,
electrified animal lovers
让宝宝尸体沉入水底。
to let her baby slip off into the water.
and she swam with it.
she would dive and rescue it,
她会潜水再把尸体救起,
she swam over 1,000 miles.
slip off into the water.
从她背上滑落、坠入水里。
swims on with the J Pod,
依然跟随着 J 鲸群,
is the right word to use.
is the right word to use
会哀悼死去的同类,
伙伴或亲戚。
these behavioral cues,
an animal's emotional state.
examples of animal grief --
and in wild animals --
悲痛情感真实存在。
of animal grief.
to you right up front
it's been a big deterrent
we project onto other animals
think of examples of this.
towards a squirrel,
to read an animal's mind.
with some meaning.
often push back at me,
科学家经常反驳我,
has been disrupted."
about anthropomorphism
关于拟人化的过度担忧
can care very deeply for each other,
can be pierced by a death.
on embracing part of ourselves.
of animal grief,
a better place for animals,
成为更适合动物的地方,
about animal grief.
关于动物悲伤的事情,
an elephant named Eleanor
名叫埃莉诺的大象,
came to her right away
立刻来到她身旁,
visibly distressed,
并发出悲鸣。
and she vocalized.
from another family named Maui,
她来自另一个大象家庭,
并待在尸体旁边。
and she stayed at the body.
她甚至在尸体周围
and she even rocked in distress
should be classified as grief.
悲痛地剧烈晃动身体,
himself or herself away from friends
or vocalization.
for those of us studying this
of a survivor before death
of our interpretation.
named Harper and Kohl.
at a foie gras factory,
force-feeding of birds.
spirits were not in good shape, either.
它们的精神状态也很糟糕。
by a farm sanctuary in upstate New York.
一个农场庇护救了它俩,
并成为密友,
and they were fast friends.
to a small pond on the property.
really intractable pain in his legs,
但无药可救,
that he had to be euthanized humanely,
以减少他的痛苦,
做了一件很棒的事情,
did a brilliant thing,
看他的反应。
to the body to see.
the body of his friend,
for over an hour with his friend.
在那里待了一个多小时。
与科尔同去的小池塘,
where he had been with Kohl,
have this sorrowful outcome.
都有这种伤心的表现。
看望已成年的女儿莎拉,
to visit my adult daughter, Sarah.
and I checked my work email.
查看了工作邮件,
about a dejected donkey.
沮丧驴子的通讯,
this wasn't what I expected,
按理说这不是我所期望的,
我很高兴自己读了它。
had gone to another farm sanctuary,
阿尔伯塔的另一个农场庇护所,
for that reason.
叫扎克的老马成了朋友,
with an older horse named Jake,
已32岁高龄的扎克
was that Jake, at age 32, the horse,
以减轻他的痛苦,
and had to be put down,
不想为了吃东西而来,
She didn't want to come in for food.
she brayed in distress,
鸭子哈珀的生活不同,
diverge from that of Harper the duck,
新友情帮她改善了很多。
and said it worked out well.
supplement observation
科学家们用荷尔蒙激素分析
of scientists in Botswana,
用来比较两个不同群体。
and compared two different groups.
她们目睹了捕食者的袭击,
who had witnessed a predator attack
who had witnessed an attack
were way up in that first group.
call them "stressed baboons,"
简单称她们“紧张的狒狒”,
所做的观察导致了这样的称呼。
of the observations that they made.
pair were very close,
was killed by a lion.
from all her friends,
离群索居了几周的时间——
and just stayed by herself for weeks --
狒狒的确存在。
about bereaved bees?
也有丧亲之痛的蜜蜂吗?
is because animals really need
亲密无间的关系才会那样,
for that to happen.
and personality matters.
与性格有关。
cats and dogs who grieve,
who was extremely bothered
in the house has died.
seem concerned, the second dog.
the only animal in the household,
现在是家里唯一的动物,
这个结果不错哦。
that was a pretty good deal.
are not going to grieve
通过舞蹈表现出来、
we've never met,
大屠杀纪念馆前时,
that their grief isn't real.
就能看到它们的悲伤。
就死于艾滋病的好友,
at a young age from AIDS.
here have lost someone.
唯一感知爱和悲伤的生命时,
the only beings on this earth
this a step further,
that the reality of animal grief
变得更好、为动物做得更好,
and do better for animals.
已经加急重启讨论,
renewed their talks with greater urgency
那么我们也能认识到
plausibility to the notion
sadness, even hope.
快乐、悲伤,甚至希望。
开始思考这个世界。
to think about the world.
我们了解它们感知到自己的生命,
we know they feel their lives,
在主题公园的小池子里、
to small tanks in theme parks
for our entertainment.
是的,它们很悲伤,
and say, yes, they grieve,
against international trophy hunting
动物近亲,猴子和猩猩,
living relatives, monkeys and apes,
感受到自己的生命,
they feel their lives,
也告诉了我们一些事情,
they tell us something too.
拼凑起来,并意识到
and realize that what we eat
动物的生活方式。
不仅仅是鸭肉,
and it's not just ducks.
猪、鸡和奶牛,
and cows in factory farms,
that these animals feel, too.
这些动物有感觉的科学是真的。
we choose a plant-based meal,
to reducing animal suffering.
尽了一份力。
of animal grief.
we don't own these things.
so much better for animals,
可能也拯救了自己。
just save ourselves, too.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Barbara J. King - Biological anthropologist, writerAs a writer on animal cognition and emotion, Barbara J. King seeks to motivate us all to be kinder to the animals we share the planet with.
Why you should listen
Barbara J. King writes and speaks about the thinking and feeling abilities of animals ranging from our closest living relatives, monkeys and apes, to orcas and octopuses. In her own words: "After 28 years of teaching anthropology at the College of William and Mary, I’m now a full-time freelance science writer and speaker. My husband and I care for homeless cats and spend all the time we can in nature. For work, I’ve observed baboons in Kenya, and gorillas and bonobos in captivity, and for pleasure bison in Yellowstone. I focus on how the science of animal cognition and emotion might help animals.
"My books take up topics ranging from animal grief to who (not what) we eat and how religion evolved, tied together by my focus on animals. I wrote weekly for six years for NPR about science, and my work has appeared in Scientific American, Aeon and Undark magazines. I love giving public science talks and I am active daily on Twitter @bjkingape."
King is the author of How Animals Grieve, Personalities on the Plate and Evolving God.
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