For a mother, the whole world is empty without her child. The grief of losing a child is unbearable. Be it an animal or a human – a mother’s compassion is the same. And the grief of her child is the same. Mother dolphins are no exception. And so the mother dolphin swam in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia for 6 days with her dead child on her back. Netizens were moved to tears after watching the video captured on a drone camera.
The mother dolphin’s name is Fraggle. She is the mother of five children. The first four children died after birth. The fifth child initially survived. However, her physical condition began to deteriorate a week after birth. She died two weeks later. Fraggle could not accept the harsh reality of the death of her children in front of her eyes. Instead of looking for food, she went out with her child on her back. The mother dolphin wandered around the Indian Ocean for about 6 days. 14 other members of her family wandered around with her. This video is now viral on social media. Netizens are not able to hold back their tears after seeing the pain of the mother dolphin losing her child.
This incident has come to the attention of researchers at Geograph Marine Research Limited. According to them, dolphins are very intelligent. Moreover, dolphins are very family-oriented. Their ability to express grief is also much higher than other animals. The most important thing is that the bond between the mother dolphin and the child is very deep. Therefore, this behavior is not new in the dolphin’s grief. That is why the mother dolphin could not leave the dead child alone. This behavior of Fraggle reminds us that the relationship between a mother and her child is the same in all cases. The wound of losing a child also hurts the mother’s chest in the same way.