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New comment by nexie in "Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented"

nexie — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:04:33 +0000

Fair, but does that mean that the entire article is speculative? They were not around long enough to confirm whether or not it happened for days, but the fact that the mother stayed for at least some hours appears to be confirmed (although as another reply said, the motivation for staying could be different than ours).

You will likely find a lot of these hedging comments in scientific articles, as it’s hard to know and prove something with 100% certainty and it’s an important task for researchers to also indicate the limits of what they’ve discovered. I think ;)

New comment by nexie in "Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented"

nexie — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:59:00 +0000

I hope that’s just because you haven’t had a reason to grieve… Either way, hope you are well!

New comment by nexie in "Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented"

nexie — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:58:05 +0000

I’m sorry, my thoughts go out to you.