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A man dies...

Mourners walk for miles to pay their last respects...

Strange thing is nobody told them he was dead...

Even stranger 'they' were elephants...

http://beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Home-P ... perer.aspx

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"So, how after Anthony’s death, did the reserve’s elephants — grazing miles away in distant parts of the park — know?

“A good man died suddenly,” says Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D., “and from miles and miles away, two herds of elephants, sensing that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a solemn, almost ‘funereal’ procession to make a call on the bereaved family at the deceased man’s home.”

“If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense the wondrous ‘interconnectedness of all beings,’ it is when we reflect on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man’s heart’s stops, and hundreds of elephants’ hearts are grieving. This man’s oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered healing to these elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homage to their friend.”

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Ho ... z20LLItdxs
Like some form of telepathy. It even exists in the plant world to a certain extent.

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It is an astonishing display of trans-species respect and affection, and psychic capability.
The animal news story of the year, if not the decade!

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'Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too'

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'Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too'

http://holy-lance.blogspot.com

It has long been known that elephants mourn their dead in remarkable displays of tenderness and affection...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjtrdpSwEUY

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'Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too'

http://holy-lance.blogspot.com

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I use red, not because of anger but to define my posts to catch rebuttals latter and it makes the quote feature redundent for me. The rest of you pick your own color.

Life is a time capsule we strive to fill with precious memories.