What My Dog Taught Me About Mortality
Briefly

Do animals know they're going to die? They seem to have a different relationship to this fact than humans do. They don't spend their lives fretting over it. They just live... Maybe they exist in an eternal present, a perpetual lightness that we will never feel.
Our daughter's hamster, Mango, escaped into a hole in the house, leading to a search filled with sadness and hope until finally accepting her fate, highlighting the impact of delayed actions.
Read at www.nytimes.com
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