Dear Rose - Stumbled upon this in my inbox today. I have a small farm and a neighbor visits daily for her animal therapy (me too!) and she asked me if horses cry. I told her no, but couldn't tell her why. I love this brief exploration of why us Homo sapiens are the only animals known to cry. I can't help but wonder at reading the first bit - since a very small handful of animals go through menopause (and it, too, is rather unknown in cause) like certain species of whale, perhaps whales also cry but their tears are lost to the ocean. Cat Bohannon explores menopause with aplomb in her book 'Eve'. Thank you for the newsletter!
Dear Rose - Stumbled upon this in my inbox today. I have a small farm and a neighbor visits daily for her animal therapy (me too!) and she asked me if horses cry. I told her no, but couldn't tell her why. I love this brief exploration of why us Homo sapiens are the only animals known to cry. I can't help but wonder at reading the first bit - since a very small handful of animals go through menopause (and it, too, is rather unknown in cause) like certain species of whale, perhaps whales also cry but their tears are lost to the ocean. Cat Bohannon explores menopause with aplomb in her book 'Eve'. Thank you for the newsletter!