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Most domestic dogs exhibit strong stress responses when a family member/fellow dog dies or is missing for a long time. Is this a product of domestication, or do highly social wild canines (wolves, painted dogs, etc.) do the same when a packmate dies during a hunt or expires near the den?

by /u/screwyoushadowban in /r/askscience

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