This is a guest post from Vanessa Woods, author of the new book, Bonobo Handshake. Vanessa is a Research Scientist in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and studies the cognition of chimpanzees and bonobos in Congo. In my new book Bonobo Handshake, I talk about a bonobo called Mimi who throws herself over the dead body of another bonobo. Lipopo was a seven year old bonobo who was new to the group. Mimi wasn't particularly fond of him, she just kindof ignored him most of the time. When Lipopo died, Mimi stood over the body and wouldn't let the keepers take him. The keepers turned up with long poles to take the body away, a scary sight for any bonobo - they are usually quite shy. But Mimi would not give up the body. She pushed at the poles and she held on to the body. She just kept grooming his face and trying to keep the flies away. It was as though she was mourning his death but still felt she had to protect him. The body was in a tight space, near the tunnel. She must have been afraid but she wouldn’t let him go. Then Crispin the vet turned up with the ...