The Eastern Edge

I saw a news item today that I just can't seem to get over. At first I found it tragic, but right after I read to the end I suddenly felt disgusted.
It is shocking to me how oblivious people sometimes are to the contradictions in human empathy.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that this is an example of all the sick things we say and do without meaning to in our interactions with each other or our environment all the time.
Some people see the world through moral nihilism-coloured glasses, but most people come by it honestly, I think (I hope).

Here's the story:

BERLIN (AP) -- A gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster is refusing to let go of her dead baby's body several days after it died of unknown causes.
The gorilla at a German zoo has been carrying around her dead baby since he died last week.

The gorilla at a German zoo has been carrying around her dead baby since he died last week.

Allwetter Zoo spokeswoman Ilona Zuehlke says the 3-month-old male baby died on Saturday but its 11-year-old mother continues to carry its body around. Zuehlke says such behavior is not uncommon to gorillas.

Zuehlke says the mother "is mourning and must say goodbye." The mother gorilla is named Gana.

Signs were posted near Gana's enclosure Wednesday to explain the situation to visitors. A staff member is also present to answer questions.

The baby was named Claudio and was Gana's second baby. She had a female baby in 2007 that now lives at the Stuttgart Zoo.

The last sentence is what set me off.

If you don't get what I'm talking about then never mind.
You're not the only one.

After all, such behavior is not uncommon to humans.