Animal friendships are similar to our own in many ways. A lot of us find friends within our age range like whales or elephants. We also enjoy talking to people with alike personalities just like chimpanzees do. Physical touch is very important, for example rooks gently touch friends with their beaks and monkeys comb each other’s fur with their hands. There also exist some long-distance friendships! Dolphin whistles can travel up to 740 meters, which helps with staying in touch with their pals. In my opinion animals need friends as much as we do. Having someone close makes us all feel safer and we know that we can always count on them when we need help. For some animals they can even be actual life savers. It's incredible that even if it seems like every creature on Earth is different we can always find some similarities between us.
source:
https://theconversation.com/animal-friendships-are-surprisingly-like-our-own-188120
Remember the TED talk by Frans de Waal and the article we read about empathy in animals? They said more or less the same.
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