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#:
Many
animals
seem
to
kill
themselves
,
but
it
is
not
suicide
[1]
<>
Shin
dabbobi
na
kashe
kansu
da
kansu
?
[2]
#:
Do
dogs
,
whales
,
horses
and
other
animals
intend
to
end
their
lives
?
[3]
<>
Da
gaske
ne
karnuka
,
dawaki
da
sauran
dabbobi
kan
hallaka
kansu
da
gangan
?
[4]
#:
In
1845
a
curious
story
appeared
in
the
Illustrated
London
News
.
[5]
<>
A
1845
jaridar
Illustrated
London
News
ta
wallafa
wani
labari
mai
ban
mamaki
.
[6]
#:
A
black
dog
,
described
as
"
fine
,
handsome
and
valuable
"
was
reported
to
"
throw
himself
into
the
water
"
[7]
<>
Wani
kare
da
jaridar
ta
bayyana
a
matsayin
“
lafiyayye
,
kyakkyawa
kuma
mai
daraja
ya
jefa
kansa
cikin
ruwa
”
[8]
#:
in
an
attempted
suicide
.
[9]
<>
da
niyyar
hallaka
kansa
.
[10]
#:
His
legs
and
feet
were
in
"
perfect
stillness
" –
[11]
<>
Kafafuwansa
na
“
tsaye
cik
”,
[12]
#:
highly
unusual
for
a
dog
in
a
river
.
[13]
<>
abinda
ba
a
saba
gani
ba
ga
Karen
da
ke
cikin
ruwa
.
[14]
#:
Even
stranger
,
[15]
<>
Abinda
ma
yafi
ba
da
mamaki
shi
ne
,
[16]
#:
after
he
was
dragged
out
[17]
<>
bayan
tsamo
shi
[18]
#:
he
"
again
hastened
to
the
water
and
tried
to
sink
again
…"
[19]
<> “
sai
ya
sake
afkawa
cikin
ruwan
ya
na
kokarin
nutsewa
.”
[20]
#:
Eventually
the
handsome
dog
succeeded
in
his
apparent
suicidal
mission
and
died
.
[21]
<>
Daga
karshe
dai
sai
da
kyakkyawan
karen
ya
yi
nasarar
hallaka
kansa
cikin
kogin
.
[22]
#:
According
to
the
Victorian
press
,
[23]
<>
A
cewar
jaridar
,
[24]
#:
this
dog
was
far
from
alone
in
attempting
such
a
fate
.
[25]
<>
ba
wannan
karen
ne
kadai
ya
kashe
kansa
da
kansa
ba
.
[26]
#:
Shortly
afterwards
,
[27]
<>
Ba
a
jima
bayan
labarin
karen
ba
,
[28]
#:
two
other
cases
appeared
in
the
popular
press
:
[29]
<>
aka
wallafa
wasu
labaran
biyu
;
[30]
#:
a
duck
drowned
on
purpose
,
[31]
<>
wata
agwagwa
da
ta
nutse
a
ruwa
da
gangan
,
[32]
#:
and
a
cat
hanged
herself
on
a
branch
after
her
kittens
had
died
.
[33]
<>
da
kuma
labarin
magen
da
ta
rataye
kanta
a
reshen
bishiya
bayan
da
‘
ya
’
yanta
su
ka
mutu
.
[34]
#:
But
what
was
the
truth
of
these
incidences
?
[35]
<>
To
amma
,
me
ye
gaskiyar
wadannan
labarai
?
[36]
#:
We
know
that
animals
can
suffer
from
mental
health
issues
in
the
same
way
humans
do
:
[37]
<>
Mun
san
cewa
dabbobi
ma
kan
samu
tabuwar
kwakwalwa
kamar
yadda
mutane
ke
yi
:
[38]
#:
in
particular
they
feel
stress
and
get
depressed
,
[39]
<>
musamman
sanadiyyar
damuwa
da
kuma
matsananciyar
gajiya
:
[40]
#:
factors
contributing
to
the
act
of
suicide
in
humans
.
[41]
<>
abubuwan
da
ke
jawo
mutane
su
kashe
kansu
da
kansu
.
[42]
#:
We
also
know
that
behaviours
once
thought
to
be
uniquely
human
have
now
been
found
in
other
animals
.
[43]
<>
Mun
kuma
san
cewa
dabi
’
o
’
in
da
ada
ake
ganin
mutane
ne
kawai
ke
yinsu
an
gano
cewa
wasu
dabbobin
ma
na
yi
.
[44]
#:
But
is
suicide
among
them
?
[45]
<>
To
amma
,
har
da
kashe
kai
da
gangan
a
cikinsu
?
[46]
#:
Do
animals
really
,
knowingly
attempt
suicide
?
[47]
<>
Da
gaske
dabbobi
su
kan
yi
kokarin
hallaka
kansu
su
na
sane
?
[48]
#:
It
is
not
a
new
question
:
the
ancient
Greeks
considered
it
too
.
[49]
<>
Wannan
ba
sabuwar
tambaya
ba
ce
:
mutanen
tsohuwar
daular
Girkawa
ma
sun
yi
nazarinta
.
[50]
#:
Over
2
,
000
years
ago
,
[51]
<>
Fiye
da
shekaru
2
,
000
da
su
ka
wuce
[52]
#:
Aristotle
cited
a
stallion
that
threw
himself
into
an
abyss
[53]
<>
Aristotle
ya
ba
da
labarin
wani
doki
da
ya
jefa
kansa
cikin
rami
[54]
#:
after
it
became
apparent
that
,
like
Oedipus
,
he
had
unknowingly
mated
with
his
own
mother
.
[55]
<>
bayan
da
ta
bayyana
gare
shi
ya
yi
jima
’
i
da
mahaifiyarsa
ba
tare
da
saninsa
ba
.
[56]
#:
In
the
2nd
Century
AD
,
[57]
<>
A
cikin
karni
na
biyu
na
kididdigar
Kirista
,
[58]
#:
the
Greek
scholar
Claudius
Aelian
devoted
an
entire
book
to
the
subject
.
[59]
<>
malamin
Girkawa
Claudius
Aelian
ya
wallafa
littafi
akan
lamarin
.
[60]
#:
He
cited
21
apparent
animal
suicides
,
[61]
<>
Ya
kawo
labarai
21
da
dabbobi
su
ka
kashe
kansu
da
kansu
da
gangan
,
[62]
#:
including
a
dolphin
who
let
himself
be
captured
,
[63]
<>
ciki
har
da
wani
kifin
‘
dolphin
’
da
ya
bari
aka
kama
shi
da
gangan
,
[64]
#:
several
instances
of
hounds
starving
to
death
following
the
passing
of
their
owners
,
[65]
<>
da
karnuka
da
dama
da
su
ka
hallaka
kansu
da
yunwa
bayan
mutuwar
iyayen
gidansu
,
[66]
#:
and
an
eagle
that
"
sacrificed
itself
by
combustion
on
the
pyre
of
its
dead
master
".
[67]
<>
da
kuma
wata
mikiya
“
da
ta
hallaka
kanta
da
wuta
lokacin
da
ake
kona
gawar
uban
gidanta
”.
[68]
#:
Just
like
the
"
handsome
dog
"
that
drowned
,
the
idea
of
animal
suicide
remained
a
popular
topic
among
19th
-
Century
Victorians
.
[69]
<>
A
zamanin
mulkin
Sarauniyar
Ingila
Victoria
cikin
karni
na
19
na
kididdigar
Kirista
,
[70]
#:
One
psychiatrist
,
William
Lauder
Lindsay
,
[71]
<>
wani
likitan
kwakwalwa
,
William
Lauder
Lindsay
,
[72]
#:
attributed
"
suicidal
melancholia
"
[73]
<>
ya
bayyana
bacin
rai
da
bakin
ciki
[74]
#:
to
animals
of
this
disposition
,
describing
how
they
could
be
"
literally
goaded
into
fury
and
mania
"
before
a
suicide
.
[75]
<>
a
matsayin
abubuwan
da
ke
muzgunawa
dabbobi
har
su
kai
ga
hallaka
kansu
su
na
sane
.
[76]
#:
At
the
time
,
these
ideas
were
seized
upon
by
animal
rights
groups
,
[77]
<>
Nan
take
kungiyoyin
kare
hakkin
dabbobi
a
Burtaniya
,
[78]
#:
such
as
the
UK
-
based
Royal
Society
for
the
Prevention
of
Cruelty
to
Animals
(
RSPCA
).
[79]
<>
irin
su
RSPCA
su
ka
rungumi
wannan
fatawar
.
[80]
#:
Animal
activists
[81]
<>
Masu
kare
hakkin
dabbobi
[82]
#:
sought
to
humanise
animal
emotions
,
[83]
<>
sun
yi
kokarin
kwatanta
tunaninsu
da
na
mutane
,
[84]
#:
explains
medical
historian
Duncan
Wilson
,
of
the
University
of
Manchester
,
UK
,
[85]
<>
a
cewar
masanin
tarihin
aikin
likita
,
Duncan
Wilson
na
jami
’
ar
Manchester
,
a
Biritaniya
,
[86]
#:
who
looked
into
historical
cases
of
references
to
animal
suicide
in
a
2014
research
paper
.
[87]
<>
wanda
ya
yi
nazari
kan
labaran
da
aka
bayar
a
tarihi
game
da
dabbobin
da
su
ka
hallaka
kansu
da
gangan
,
a
wani
bincike
da
ya
gudanar
a
2014
.
[88]
#:
They
did
so
,
he
says
,
[89]
<>
Sun
yi
hakan
ne
,
a
cewarsa
,
[90]
#:
to
show
animals
[91]
<>
domin
nuna
dabbobi
ma
[92]
#:
"
shared
the
capacity
for
self
-
reflection
and
intent
,
[93]
<> “
na
yin
tunani
da
kulla
aniya
,
[94]
#:
which
included
intent
to
kill
themselves
out
of
grief
or
rage
.”
[95]
<>
abinda
ya
hada
da
kulla
aniyar
hallaka
kansu
sanadiyyar
bakin
ciki
ko
bacin
rai
.”
[96]
#:
For
example
,
in
the
1875
edition
of
the
RSPCA
journal
Animal
World
,
[97]
<>
Ga
misali
,
mujallar
RSPCA
mai
suna
Duniyar
Dabbobi
ta
1875
[98]
#:
the
cover
depicted
a
stag
jumping
to
a
suicidal
death
.
[99]
<>
na
dauke
ne
da
hoton
wata
barewa
da
ta
daka
tsalle
daga
kan
tsauni
domin
ta
hallaka
kanta
.
[100]
#:
The
accompanying
editorial
stated
that
[101]
<>
Sharhin
da
ya
biyo
bayan
hoton
ya
ce
:
[102]
#:
"
a
wild
stag
,
rather
than
be
overtaken
by
its
pursuers
,
will
fall
into
the
jaws
of
an
awful
death
".
[103]
<> “
wannan
barewar
,
ta
zabi
ta
hallaka
kanta
,
da
ta
bari
mafarauta
su
cin
mata
.”
[104]
#:
However
,
as
medicine
advanced
in
the
20th
Century
[105]
<>
Sai
dai
kuma
ci
gaban
da
aka
samu
a
kimiyyar
lafiya
cikin
karni
na
20
[106]
#:
the
human
attitude
to
suicide
became
more
clinical
,
[107]
<>
ya
sa
mutane
na
kallon
kashe
kai
da
kai
a
matsayin
cuta
,
[108]
#:
and
these
type
of
"
heroic
portrays
"
of
suicidal
animals
dwindled
.
[109]
<>
don
haka
sai
labarin
gwarazan
dabbobi
masu
hallaka
kansu
ya
fara
raguwa
.
[110]
#:
Instead
,
the
focus
shifted
onto
suicide
affecting
larger
populations
,
[111]
<>
Sai
a
ka
mai
da
hankali
kan
yadda
akan
samu
garken
dabbobi
sun
hallaka
kansu
,
[112]
#:
often
as
a
result
of
social
pressure
,
says
Wilson
.
[113]
<>
a
mafi
yawan
lokuta
sakamakon
matsi
,
a
cewar
Wilson
.
[114]
#:
Suicide
became
more
of
a
social
malady
.
[115]
<>
Sai
ake
kallon
hallaka
kai
a
matsayin
wata
cuta
da
kan
shafi
al
’
umma
.
[116]
#:
Take
the
examples
of
the
lemmings
[117]
<>
Misali
shi
ne
berayen
hamadar
kankara
da
ake
kira
‘
lemming
’
da
turanci
,
[118]
#:
who
apparently
march
towards
cliffs
and
throw
themselves
off
,
[119]
<>
wadanda
kan
yi
tsalle
daga
kan
tsauni
su
na
dira
cikin
teku
kungiya
-
kungiya
[120]
#:
or
mass
whale
strandings
.
[121]
<>
ko
kuma
kifayen
‘
whale
’
da
kan
fito
gabar
teku
inda
rashin
ruwa
kan
hallaka
su
.
[122]
#:
But
Wilson
did
not
seek
to
answer
whether
animals
really
do
attempt
suicide
.
[123]
<>
Sai
dai
binciken
Wilson
bai
yi
kokarin
gano
ko
da
gaske
dabbobi
kan
yi
kokarin
hallaka
kansu
da
kansu
ba
.
[124]
#:
Instead
,
his
work
revealed
that
changing
attitudes
to
human
suicide
were
reflected
in
our
stories
about
animals
.
[125]
<>
Abinda
aikinsa
ya
bayyana
shi
ne
yadda
labarin
dabbobi
masu
hallaka
kansu
ke
sauyawa
daidai
da
yadda
mutanen
zamanin
labarin
ke
kallon
mutanen
da
ke
kashe
kansu
da
kansu
.
[126]
#:
However
,
another
researcher
wanted
to
answer
the
question
head
on
.
[127]
<>
Amma
an
samu
wani
mai
binciken
da
ya
yi
kokarin
samo
amsar
kai
tsaye
.
[128]
#:
Such
stories
should
not
fool
us
,
according
to
Antonio
Preti
,
[129]
<>
Bai
kamata
irin
wadannan
labarai
su
kidima
mu
ba
,
in
ji
Antonio
Preti
,
[130]
#:
a
psychiatrist
at
the
University
of
Cagliari
in
Italy
,
[131]
<>
mai
nazarin
kwakwalwa
a
jami
’
ar
Cagliari
da
ke
Italy
,
[132]
#:
who
scoured
the
scientific
literature
on
animal
suicide
.
[133]
<>
wanda
ya
yi
nazari
akan
littattafan
kimiyya
na
baya
da
aka
wallafa
game
da
dabbobin
da
aka
ce
wai
su
na
hallaka
kansu
da
gangan
.
[134]
#:
He
looked
at
about
1
,
000
studies
published
over
40
years
,
[135]
<>
Ya
yi
nazarin
sakamakon
bincike
kusan
dubu
guda
da
aka
wallafa
tsawon
shekaru
40
,
[136]
#:
and
found
no
evidence
of
an
animal
knowingly
attempting
suicide
in
the
wild
.
[137]
<>
amma
bai
samu
hujja
ko
daya
da
ke
nuna
wata
dabba
a
dawa
da
ta
hallaka
kanta
da
gangan
ba
.
[138]
#:
Cases
such
as
those
in
Aelian
'
s
book
are
"
anthropomorphic
fables
",
he
says
.
[139]
<>
A
cewarsa
,
irin
labaran
da
ke
cikin
littafin
Aelian
“
tatsuniyoyi
ne
kurum
”.
[140]
#:
Researchers
now
know
that
the
mass
deaths
of
lemmings
are
an
unfortunate
consequence
of
a
dense
population
of
creatures
emigrating
together
at
the
same
time
.
[141]
<>
Masu
bincike
a
yanzu
sun
gano
cewa
berayen
‘
lemmings
’
ba
hallaka
kansu
su
ke
ba
,
illa
dai
su
kan
mutu
ne
sanadiyyar
kokarin
yin
kaura
cikin
lokaci
guda
.
[142]
#:
In
cases
where
a
pet
dies
following
its
master
'
s
death
,
[143]
<>
A
lokutan
da
kuma
dabbobin
da
ke
ajiye
a
gida
ke
mutuwa
bayan
mutuwar
iyayen
gidansu
,
[144]
#:
this
can
be
explained
by
the
disruption
of
a
social
tie
,
says
Preti
.
[145]
<>
Preti
ya
ce
,
warwarewar
alakar
da
su
ka
saba
da
ita
ce
kan
jawo
musu
mutuwa
.
[146]
#:
The
animal
does
not
make
a
conscious
decision
to
die
;
[147]
<>
Wato
dabbar
ba
ta
kulla
kudirin
hallaka
kanta
;
[148]
#:
instead
,
the
animal
was
so
used
to
its
master
that
it
no
longer
accepts
food
from
another
individual
.
[149]
<>
amma
,
sabonta
da
uban
gidanta
kan
sa
ta
ki
karbar
abinci
daga
kowa
,
inda
daga
karshe
sai
yunwa
ta
hallaka
ta
.
[150]
#:
This
example
points
to
the
one
important
fact
.
[151]
<>
Wannan
bayani
ya
nuna
wani
abu
mai
muhimmanci
;
[152]
#:
Stress
can
change
the
behaviour
of
an
animal
in
a
way
that
can
threaten
its
life
.
[153]
<>
wato
damuwa
kan
sauya
dabi
’
ar
dabba
ta
yadda
za
ta
iya
barazana
ga
rayuwarta
.
[154]
#:
This
happened
at
SeaWorld
'
s
Tenerife
park
in
May
2016
.
[155]
<>
Hakan
ya
faru
a
dandalin
SeaWorld
da
ke
Tenerife
a
Mayun
2016
.
[156]
#:
A
video
went
viral
of
a
wild
-
born
orca
in
one
of
SeaWorld
'
s
parks
[157]
<>
An
yayata
wani
hoton
bidiyo
a
intanet
wanda
ke
nuna
wani
kifin
‘
whale
’
[158]
#:
that
appeared
to
beach
herself
on
the
side
of
the
tank
for
about
ten
minutes
.
[159]
<>
wanda
ya
fito
daga
kwamin
da
ake
kiwonsa
a
dandalin
SeaWorld
tsawon
mintuna
goma
.
[160]
#:
Dozens
of
articles
appeared
stating
she
had
attempted
suicide
.
[161]
<>
Daga
nan
fa
sai
marubuta
su
ka
hau
sharhin
cewa
kifin
ya
yi
kokarin
hallaka
kansa
ne
.
[162]
#:
We
know
that
orcas
behave
differently
in
captivity
than
in
the
wild
,
[163]
<>
Mun
san
cewa
dabi
’
ar
kifayen
‘
whale
’
da
ke
tsare
ta
bambanta
da
wadanda
ke
sake
.
[164]
#:
which
is
unsurprising
given
that
a
tank
is
a
fraction
of
the
size
of
the
ocean
.
[165]
<>
Wannan
kuwa
ba
abin
mamaki
ba
ne
kasancewar
kwamin
da
ake
ajiye
su
bai
ko
kama
kafar
girman
teku
ba
.
[166]
#:
Unnatural
environments
have
been
known
to
stress
captive
orcas
,
[167]
<>
A
baya
dai
bincike
ya
nuna
cewa
takura
kan
kuntatawa
tsararrun
kifayen
‘
whale
’,
[168]
#:
triggering
repetitive
behaviours
such
as
rubbing
the
side
of
their
tanks
and
grinding
their
teeth
.
[169]
<>
ta
yadda
su
kan
gogi
gefen
tankin
ko
kuma
su
yi
ta
cije
hakoransu
.
[170]
#:
When
it
comes
down
to
it
,
says
Barbara
King
of
the
College
of
William
&
Mary
in
Virginia
,
US
,
[171]
<>
Abu
na
farko
a
cewar
Barbara
King
ta
kwalejin
William
&
Mary
da
ke
Virginia
,
US
,
[172]
#:
it
is
important
to
understand
just
how
deeply
these
animals
experience
emotions
.
[173]
<>
shi
ne
mu
fahimci
yadda
tunanin
irin
wadannan
dabbobin
ya
ke
[174]
#:
This
can
in
turn
inform
us
about
what
causes
them
to
act
in
self
-
destructive
ways
.
[175]
<>
kafin
mu
kai
ga
gano
abinda
ke
sa
su
sauya
ta
dabi
’
a
ta
yadda
za
su
iya
cutar
da
kansu
.
[176]
#:
"
To
my
knowledge
the
vast
majority
of
cases
[177]
<> “
A
sanina
,
mafi
yawan
lokuta
[178]
#:
are
down
to
human
intervention
in
some
way
,
whether
the
result
of
poaching
or
confinement
,"
says
King
,
[179]
<>
wani
aikin
dan
Adam
ne
ke
harzuka
su
,
misali
farauta
ko
tsarewa
,”
in
ji
King
,
[180]
#:
who
has
written
extensively
about
animal
grief
and
suicide
.
[181]
<>
wacce
ta
yi
rubuce
-
rubuce
game
da
bakin
ciki
da
hallaka
kai
a
tsakanin
dabbobi
.
[182]
#:
Other
animals
often
cited
as
attempting
suicide
are
whales
that
strand
in
the
wild
.
[183]
<>
Dabbobin
da
aka
fi
ba
da
misali
da
su
domin
nuna
cewa
dabba
kan
hallaka
kanta
da
gangan
,
su
ne
kifayen
‘
whales
’
wanda
su
kan
fito
gabar
teku
su
kasa
numfashi
har
su
mutu
.
[184]
#:
It
remains
unclear
why
whales
strand
.
[185]
<>
Kawo
yanzu
babu
wanda
ya
san
dalilin
da
ke
sa
kifayen
‘
whales
’
fitowa
daga
teku
.
[186]
#:
One
idea
is
that
standings
can
be
caused
by
a
sick
individual
seeking
the
safety
of
shallower
water
.
[187]
<>
Wasu
masanan
na
ganin
abinda
ke
faruwa
shi
ne
,
akan
samu
‘
whale
’
mara
lafiya
ne
da
kan
matso
kusa
da
wurin
da
ruwa
bai
da
zurfi
sosai
domin
yin
jiyya
,
[188]
#:
Because
whales
form
social
groups
,
others
follow
and
strand
also
.
[189]
<>
amma
da
yake
danginsa
su
na
da
zumunci
sai
su
ma
su
biyo
shi
.
[190]
#:
This
idea
is
now
called
the
"
sick
leader
hypothesis
".
[191]
<>
Wannan
shi
ake
kira
‘
ra
’
ayin
shugaba
mara
lafiya
’
[192]
#:
But
it
is
not
considered
suicide
.
[193]
<>
amma
ba
a
daukar
hakan
a
matsayin
kashe
kai
da
gangan
.
[194]
#:
There
are
certain
parasites
that
infect
the
minds
of
their
hosts
,
[195]
<>
Baya
ga
wannan
kuma
,
akwai
wasu
kananan
halittu
da
kan
tare
a
jikin
dabbobi
[196]
#:
causing
mind
-
altering
behaviours
that
help
the
parasites
thrive
.
The
host
often
dies
in
the
process
.
[197]
<>
su
jirkita
musu
tunani
ta
yadda
su
dabbobin
za
su
hallaka
,
halittun
kuma
su
amfana
.
[198]
#:
For
example
,
the
parasite
Toxoplasma
gondii
infects
mice
and
switches
off
their
innate
fear
of
cats
.
[199]
<>
Misali
,
halittar
Toxoplasma
gondii
na
kama
beraye
ta
sa
su
daina
tsoron
mage
.
[200]
#:
If
the
cat
eats
the
mouse
,
the
parasite
reproduces
.
[201]
<>
Idan
mage
ta
cinye
beran
,
sai
halittar
ta
ci
gaba
da
hayayyafa
a
cikin
magen
.
[202]
#:
A
2013
study
found
that
a
T
.
gondii
infection
permanently
deletes
this
fear
,
[203]
<>
Wani
bincike
a
2013
ya
gano
cewa
T
.
gondii
na
hana
bera
tsoron
mage
har
abada
,
[204]
#:
even
after
the
parasite
has
been
exterminated
.
[205]
<>
ko
da
bayan
an
raba
beran
da
shi
.
[206]
#:
Similarly
,
a
parasitic
fungus
called
Ophiocordyceps
unilateralis
can
control
the
minds
of
ants
,
turning
them
into
zombies
.
[207]
<>
Haka
kuma
,
akwai
wata
funfuna
mai
suna
Ophiocordyceps
unilateralis
wacce
ke
iya
juya
akalar
tururuwai
.
[208]
#:
It
steers
the
insects
to
their
deaths
in
locations
where
the
fungus
can
thrive
.
[209]
<>
Ta
kan
sa
tururuwan
su
hallaka
kansu
a
wurare
masu
danshi
,
inda
funfunar
za
ta
rayu
.
[210]
#:
Lastly
,
mother
spiders
let
their
young
eat
them
.
[211]
<>
Bugu
da
kari
,
matan
gizo
-
gizo
kan
bari
‘
ya
’
yansu
su
cinye
su
.
[212]
#:
Though
they
die
in
the
process
,
[213]
<>
Koda
yake
su
kan
mutu
sanadiyyar
hakan
,
[214]
#:
this
sacrifice
is
not
suicide
,
[215]
<>
wannan
sadaukarwa
ce
ba
hallaka
kai
da
gangan
ba
,
[216]
#:
but
rather
an
extreme
act
of
parental
care
.
[217]
<>
domin
kuwa
wannan
na
nuna
tsananin
kaunar
da
uwar
ke
yi
wa
‘
ya
’
yanta
.
[218]
#:
The
mother
spiders
provide
their
own
bodies
as
a
vital
first
nutritious
meal
that
ensures
their
offspring
'
s
survival
.
[219]
<>
Mata
kan
ciyar
da
‘
ya
’
yansu
jikinsu
ne
domin
ba
su
sinadiran
da
za
su
taimaka
musu
a
rayuwa
.
[220]
#:
To
say
such
behaviour
does
not
constitute
suicide
requires
a
definition
of
what
does
.
[221]
<>
Cewar
ba
za
a
kira
wannan
dabi
’
ar
hallaka
kai
da
gangan
ba
,
na
bukatar
mu
bayyana
me
ake
nufi
da
hallaka
kai
da
gangan
.
[222]
#:
Suicide
is
commonly
defined
as
"
the
action
of
killing
oneself
intentionally
".
[223]
<>
Shi
dai
ana
daukarsa
ne
a
matsayin
“
kashe
kanka
da
kanka
bisa
niyyar
yin
hakan
”.
[224]
#:
We
know
that
some
animals
kill
themselves
.
[225]
<>
Mun
san
cewa
wasu
dabbobin
su
kan
kashe
kansu
.
[226]
#:
The
question
is
whether
they
intend
to
.
[227]
<>
Tambayar
ita
ce
;
da
niyya
su
ke
hakan
?
[228]
#:
The
mother
spider
,
for
example
,
may
behave
this
way
to
primarily
provide
food
,
not
die
.
[229]
<>
Misali
matar
gizo
-
gizo
na
iya
yin
haka
ne
don
ciyar
da
iyalinta
ba
don
ta
mutu
ba
.
[230]
#:
Some
experts
believe
this
question
is
impossible
to
answer
.
[231]
<>
Zancen
gaskiya
shi
ne
,
kawo
yanzu
ilimin
dan
Adam
bai
kai
yadda
zai
iya
gane
tunanin
dabba
ba
,
a
cewar
King
.
[232]
#:
But
others
disagree
.
[233]
<>
Sai
dai
wasu
masanan
ba
su
yadda
da
bayaninta
ba
.
[234]
#:
They
say
some
people
intend
to
kill
themselves
,
while
animals
do
not
,
due
to
differences
in
cognitive
ability
.
The
key
difference
,
they
say
,
is
our
ability
to
think
far
into
the
future
.
[235]
<>
Sun
ce
dabbobi
ba
za
su
iya
kashe
kansu
da
gangan
ba
saboda
kwakwalwarsu
ba
ta
kai
ta
yi
tunanin
halin
da
suke
ciki
a
duniya
tare
da
neman
mafita
ta
hanyar
mutuwa
ba
.
[236]
#:
"
Humans
have
a
capacity
to
imagine
scenarios
,
reflect
on
them
,
and
embed
them
into
larger
narratives
,"
[237]
<>
Thomas
Suddendorf
,
masanin
dabi
’
un
halittu
a
jami
’
ar
Queensland
da
ke
Australia
,
ya
ce
[238]
#:
says
Thomas
Suddendorf
,
an
evolutionary
psychologist
at
the
University
of
Queensland
in
Australia
.
[239]
<> “
akwai
bambanci
mai
nisa
tsakanin
tunanin
mutane
da
na
dabbobi
:
mu
mu
kan
tada
hankali
kan
abinda
mu
ke
hasashen
zai
iya
faruwa
amma
su
ba
sa
yi
.”
[240]
#:
Depressed
people
truly
appreciate
reality
,
agrees
Ajit
Varki
of
the
University
of
California
,
San
Diego
,
US
,
who
has
written
extensively
about
human
uniqueness
and
our
ability
to
deny
death
.
[241]
<>
Ajit
Varki
,
na
jami
’
ar
California
da
ke
San
Diego
ya
goyi
bayansa
,
inda
ya
ce
: “
Mutane
sun
san
mutuwa
amma
dabbobi
ba
su
santa
ba
.
[242]
#:
"
What
is
suicide
?"
asks
Varki
.
[243]
<> “
Menene
ma
kashe
kai
da
kai
?”
in
ji
Varki
.
[244]
#:
"
It
is
inducing
your
own
mortality
,
[245]
<> “
Shi
ne
ka
jawo
sanadin
mutuwarka
da
kanka
,
[246]
#:
but
how
can
you
induce
it
if
you
don
'
t
know
you
have
mortality
?
[247]
<>
amma
ta
yaya
za
ka
yi
haka
idan
ba
ka
san
za
ka
iya
mutuwa
ba
?
[248]
#:
It
'
s
[[[therefore]]]
quite
logical
that
suicide
should
be
uniquely
human
."
[249]
<>
Don
haka
babu
wanda
zai
iya
kashe
kansa
da
gangan
sai
mutum
.”
[250]
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1
#:
Many animals seem to kill themselves, but it is not suicide [1] <> Shin dabbobi na kashe kansu da kansu? [2]
2
#:
Do dogs, whales, horses and other animals intend to end their lives? [3] <> Da gaske ne karnuka, dawaki da sauran dabbobi kan hallaka kansu da gangan? [4]
3
#:
In 1845 a curious story appeared in the Illustrated London News. [5] <> A 1845 jaridar Illustrated London News ta wallafa wani labari mai ban mamaki. [6]
4
#:
A black dog, described as "fine, handsome and valuable" was reported to "throw himself into the water" [7] <> Wani kare da jaridar ta bayyana a matsayin “lafiyayye, kyakkyawa kuma mai daraja ya jefa kansa cikin ruwa” [8]
5
#:
in an attempted suicide. [9] <> da niyyar hallaka kansa. [10]
6
#:
His legs and feet were in "perfect stillness" – [11] <> Kafafuwansa na “tsaye cik”, [12]
7
#:
highly unusual for a dog in a river. [13] <> abinda ba a saba gani ba ga Karen da ke cikin ruwa. [14]
8
#:
Even stranger, [15] <> Abinda ma yafi ba da mamaki shi ne, [16]
9
#:
after he was dragged out [17] <> bayan tsamo shi [18]
10
#:
he "again hastened to the water and tried to sink again…" [19] <> “sai ya sake afkawa cikin ruwan ya na kokarin nutsewa.” [20]
11
#:
Eventually the handsome dog succeeded in his apparent suicidal mission and died. [21] <> Daga karshe dai sai da kyakkyawan karen ya yi nasarar hallaka kansa cikin kogin. [22]
12
#:
According to the Victorian press, [23] <> A cewar jaridar, [24]
13
#:
this dog was far from alone in attempting such a fate. [25] <> ba wannan karen ne kadai ya kashe kansa da kansa ba. [26]
14
#:
Shortly afterwards, [27] <> Ba a jima bayan labarin karen ba, [28]
15
#:
two other cases appeared in the popular press: [29] <> aka wallafa wasu labaran biyu; [30]
16
#:
a duck drowned on purpose, [31] <> wata agwagwa da ta nutse a ruwa da gangan, [32]
17
#:
and a cat hanged herself on a branch after her kittens had died. [33] <> da kuma labarin magen da ta rataye kanta a reshen bishiya bayan da ‘ya’yanta su ka mutu. [34]
18
#:
But what was the truth of these incidences? [35] <> To amma, me ye gaskiyar wadannan labarai? [36]
19
#:
We know that animals can suffer from mental health issues in the same way humans do: [37] <> Mun san cewa dabbobi ma kan samu tabuwar kwakwalwa kamar yadda mutane ke yi: [38]
20
#:
in particular they feel stress and get depressed, [39] <> musamman sanadiyyar damuwa da kuma matsananciyar gajiya: [40]
21
#:
factors contributing to the act of suicide in humans. [41] <> abubuwan da ke jawo mutane su kashe kansu da kansu. [42]
22
#:
We also know that behaviours once thought to be uniquely human have now been found in other animals. [43] <> Mun kuma san cewa dabi’o’in da ada ake ganin mutane ne kawai ke yinsu an gano cewa wasu dabbobin ma na yi. [44]
23
#:
But is suicide among them? [45] <> To amma, har da kashe kai da gangan a cikinsu? [46]
24
#:
Do animals really, knowingly attempt suicide? [47] <> Da gaske dabbobi su kan yi kokarin hallaka kansu su na sane? [48]
25
#:
It is not a new question: the ancient Greeks considered it too. [49] <> Wannan ba sabuwar tambaya ba ce: mutanen tsohuwar daular Girkawa ma sun yi nazarinta. [50]
26
#:
Over 2,000 years ago, [51] <> Fiye da shekaru 2,000 da su ka wuce [52]
27
#:
Aristotle cited a stallion that threw himself into an abyss [53] <> Aristotle ya ba da labarin wani doki da ya jefa kansa cikin rami [54]
28
#:
after it became apparent that, like Oedipus, he had unknowingly mated with his own mother. [55] <> bayan da ta bayyana gare shi ya yi jima’i da mahaifiyarsa ba tare da saninsa ba. [56]
29
#:
In the 2nd Century AD, [57] <> A cikin karni na biyu na kididdigar Kirista, [58]
30
#:
the Greek scholar Claudius Aelian devoted an entire book to the subject. [59] <> malamin Girkawa Claudius Aelian ya wallafa littafi akan lamarin. [60]
31
#:
He cited 21 apparent animal suicides, [61] <> Ya kawo labarai 21 da dabbobi su ka kashe kansu da kansu da gangan, [62]
32
#:
including a dolphin who let himself be captured, [63] <> ciki har da wani kifin ‘dolphin’ da ya bari aka kama shi da gangan, [64]
33
#:
several instances of hounds starving to death following the passing of their owners, [65] <> da karnuka da dama da su ka hallaka kansu da yunwa bayan mutuwar iyayen gidansu, [66]
34
#:
and an eagle that "sacrificed itself by combustion on the pyre of its dead master". [67] <> da kuma wata mikiya “da ta hallaka kanta da wuta lokacin da ake kona gawar uban gidanta”. [68]
35
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Just like the "handsome dog" that drowned, the idea of animal suicide remained a popular topic among 19th-Century Victorians. [69] <> A zamanin mulkin Sarauniyar Ingila Victoria cikin karni na 19 na kididdigar Kirista, [70]
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One psychiatrist, William Lauder Lindsay, [71] <> wani likitan kwakwalwa, William Lauder Lindsay, [72]
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attributed "suicidal melancholia" [73] <> ya bayyana bacin rai da bakin ciki [74]
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to animals of this disposition, describing how they could be "literally goaded into fury and mania" before a suicide. [75] <> a matsayin abubuwan da ke muzgunawa dabbobi har su kai ga hallaka kansu su na sane. [76]
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At the time, these ideas were seized upon by animal rights groups, [77] <> Nan take kungiyoyin kare hakkin dabbobi a Burtaniya, [78]
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such as the UK-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). [79] <> irin su RSPCA su ka rungumi wannan fatawar. [80]
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Animal activists [81] <> Masu kare hakkin dabbobi [82]
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sought to humanise animal emotions, [83] <> sun yi kokarin kwatanta tunaninsu da na mutane, [84]
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explains medical historian Duncan Wilson, of the University of Manchester, UK, [85] <> a cewar masanin tarihin aikin likita, Duncan Wilson na jami’ar Manchester, a Biritaniya, [86]
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who looked into historical cases of references to animal suicide in a 2014 research paper. [87] <> wanda ya yi nazari kan labaran da aka bayar a tarihi game da dabbobin da su ka hallaka kansu da gangan, a wani bincike da ya gudanar a 2014. [88]
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They did so, he says, [89] <> Sun yi hakan ne, a cewarsa, [90]
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to show animals [91] <> domin nuna dabbobi ma [92]
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"shared the capacity for self-reflection and intent, [93] <> “na yin tunani da kulla aniya, [94]
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which included intent to kill themselves out of grief or rage.” [95] <> abinda ya hada da kulla aniyar hallaka kansu sanadiyyar bakin ciki ko bacin rai.” [96]
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For example, in the 1875 edition of the RSPCA journal Animal World, [97] <> Ga misali, mujallar RSPCA mai suna Duniyar Dabbobi ta 1875 [98]
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the cover depicted a stag jumping to a suicidal death. [99] <> na dauke ne da hoton wata barewa da ta daka tsalle daga kan tsauni domin ta hallaka kanta. [100]
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The accompanying editorial stated that [101] <> Sharhin da ya biyo bayan hoton ya ce: [102]
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"a wild stag, rather than be overtaken by its pursuers, will fall into the jaws of an awful death". [103] <> “wannan barewar, ta zabi ta hallaka kanta, da ta bari mafarauta su cin mata.” [104]
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However, as medicine advanced in the 20th Century [105] <> Sai dai kuma ci gaban da aka samu a kimiyyar lafiya cikin karni na 20 [106]
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the human attitude to suicide became more clinical, [107] <> ya sa mutane na kallon kashe kai da kai a matsayin cuta, [108]
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and these type of "heroic portrays" of suicidal animals dwindled. [109] <> don haka sai labarin gwarazan dabbobi masu hallaka kansu ya fara raguwa. [110]
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Instead, the focus shifted onto suicide affecting larger populations, [111] <> Sai a ka mai da hankali kan yadda akan samu garken dabbobi sun hallaka kansu, [112]
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often as a result of social pressure, says Wilson. [113] <> a mafi yawan lokuta sakamakon matsi, a cewar Wilson. [114]
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Suicide became more of a social malady. [115] <> Sai ake kallon hallaka kai a matsayin wata cuta da kan shafi al’umma. [116]
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Take the examples of the lemmings [117] <> Misali shi ne berayen hamadar kankara da ake kira ‘lemming’ da turanci, [118]
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who apparently march towards cliffs and throw themselves off, [119] <> wadanda kan yi tsalle daga kan tsauni su na dira cikin teku kungiya-kungiya [120]
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or mass whale strandings. [121] <> ko kuma kifayen ‘whale’ da kan fito gabar teku inda rashin ruwa kan hallaka su. [122]
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But Wilson did not seek to answer whether animals really do attempt suicide. [123] <> Sai dai binciken Wilson bai yi kokarin gano ko da gaske dabbobi kan yi kokarin hallaka kansu da kansu ba. [124]
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Instead, his work revealed that changing attitudes to human suicide were reflected in our stories about animals. [125] <> Abinda aikinsa ya bayyana shi ne yadda labarin dabbobi masu hallaka kansu ke sauyawa daidai da yadda mutanen zamanin labarin ke kallon mutanen da ke kashe kansu da kansu. [126]
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However, another researcher wanted to answer the question head on. [127] <> Amma an samu wani mai binciken da ya yi kokarin samo amsar kai tsaye. [128]
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Such stories should not fool us, according to Antonio Preti, [129] <> Bai kamata irin wadannan labarai su kidima mu ba, in ji Antonio Preti, [130]
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a psychiatrist at the University of Cagliari in Italy, [131] <> mai nazarin kwakwalwa a jami’ar Cagliari da ke Italy, [132]
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who scoured the scientific literature on animal suicide. [133] <> wanda ya yi nazari akan littattafan kimiyya na baya da aka wallafa game da dabbobin da aka ce wai su na hallaka kansu da gangan. [134]
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He looked at about 1,000 studies published over 40 years, [135] <> Ya yi nazarin sakamakon bincike kusan dubu guda da aka wallafa tsawon shekaru 40, [136]
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and found no evidence of an animal knowingly attempting suicide in the wild. [137] <> amma bai samu hujja ko daya da ke nuna wata dabba a dawa da ta hallaka kanta da gangan ba. [138]
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Cases such as those in Aelian's book are "anthropomorphic fables", he says. [139] <> A cewarsa, irin labaran da ke cikin littafin Aelian “tatsuniyoyi ne kurum”. [140]
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Researchers now know that the mass deaths of lemmings are an unfortunate consequence of a dense population of creatures emigrating together at the same time. [141] <> Masu bincike a yanzu sun gano cewa berayen ‘lemmings’ ba hallaka kansu su ke ba, illa dai su kan mutu ne sanadiyyar kokarin yin kaura cikin lokaci guda. [142]
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In cases where a pet dies following its master's death, [143] <> A lokutan da kuma dabbobin da ke ajiye a gida ke mutuwa bayan mutuwar iyayen gidansu, [144]
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this can be explained by the disruption of a social tie, says Preti. [145] <> Preti ya ce, warwarewar alakar da su ka saba da ita ce kan jawo musu mutuwa. [146]
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The animal does not make a conscious decision to die; [147] <> Wato dabbar ba ta kulla kudirin hallaka kanta; [148]
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instead, the animal was so used to its master that it no longer accepts food from another individual. [149] <> amma, sabonta da uban gidanta kan sa ta ki karbar abinci daga kowa, inda daga karshe sai yunwa ta hallaka ta. [150]
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This example points to the one important fact. [151] <> Wannan bayani ya nuna wani abu mai muhimmanci; [152]
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Stress can change the behaviour of an animal in a way that can threaten its life. [153] <> wato damuwa kan sauya dabi’ar dabba ta yadda za ta iya barazana ga rayuwarta. [154]
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This happened at SeaWorld's Tenerife park in May 2016. [155] <> Hakan ya faru a dandalin SeaWorld da ke Tenerife a Mayun 2016. [156]
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A video went viral of a wild-born orca in one of SeaWorld's parks [157] <> An yayata wani hoton bidiyo a intanet wanda ke nuna wani kifin ‘whale’ [158]
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that appeared to beach herself on the side of the tank for about ten minutes. [159] <> wanda ya fito daga kwamin da ake kiwonsa a dandalin SeaWorld tsawon mintuna goma. [160]
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Dozens of articles appeared stating she had attempted suicide. [161] <> Daga nan fa sai marubuta su ka hau sharhin cewa kifin ya yi kokarin hallaka kansa ne. [162]
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We know that orcas behave differently in captivity than in the wild, [163] <> Mun san cewa dabi’ar kifayen ‘whale’ da ke tsare ta bambanta da wadanda ke sake. [164]
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which is unsurprising given that a tank is a fraction of the size of the ocean. [165] <> Wannan kuwa ba abin mamaki ba ne kasancewar kwamin da ake ajiye su bai ko kama kafar girman teku ba. [166]
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Unnatural environments have been known to stress captive orcas, [167] <> A baya dai bincike ya nuna cewa takura kan kuntatawa tsararrun kifayen ‘whale’, [168]
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triggering repetitive behaviours such as rubbing the side of their tanks and grinding their teeth. [169] <> ta yadda su kan gogi gefen tankin ko kuma su yi ta cije hakoransu. [170]
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When it comes down to it, says Barbara King of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, US, [171] <> Abu na farko a cewar Barbara King ta kwalejin William & Mary da ke Virginia, US, [172]
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it is important to understand just how deeply these animals experience emotions. [173] <> shi ne mu fahimci yadda tunanin irin wadannan dabbobin ya ke [174]
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This can in turn inform us about what causes them to act in self-destructive ways. [175] <> kafin mu kai ga gano abinda ke sa su sauya ta dabi’a ta yadda za su iya cutar da kansu. [176]
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"To my knowledge the vast majority of cases [177] <> “A sanina, mafi yawan lokuta [178]
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are down to human intervention in some way, whether the result of poaching or confinement," says King, [179] <> wani aikin dan Adam ne ke harzuka su, misali farauta ko tsarewa,” in ji King, [180]
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who has written extensively about animal grief and suicide. [181] <> wacce ta yi rubuce-rubuce game da bakin ciki da hallaka kai a tsakanin dabbobi. [182]
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Other animals often cited as attempting suicide are whales that strand in the wild. [183] <> Dabbobin da aka fi ba da misali da su domin nuna cewa dabba kan hallaka kanta da gangan, su ne kifayen ‘whales’ wanda su kan fito gabar teku su kasa numfashi har su mutu. [184]
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It remains unclear why whales strand. [185] <> Kawo yanzu babu wanda ya san dalilin da ke sa kifayen ‘whales’ fitowa daga teku. [186]
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One idea is that standings can be caused by a sick individual seeking the safety of shallower water. [187] <> Wasu masanan na ganin abinda ke faruwa shi ne, akan samu ‘whale’ mara lafiya ne da kan matso kusa da wurin da ruwa bai da zurfi sosai domin yin jiyya, [188]
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Because whales form social groups, others follow and strand also. [189] <> amma da yake danginsa su na da zumunci sai su ma su biyo shi. [190]
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This idea is now called the "sick leader hypothesis". [191] <> Wannan shi ake kira ‘ra’ayin shugaba mara lafiya’ [192]
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But it is not considered suicide. [193] <> amma ba a daukar hakan a matsayin kashe kai da gangan. [194]
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There are certain parasites that infect the minds of their hosts, [195] <> Baya ga wannan kuma, akwai wasu kananan halittu da kan tare a jikin dabbobi [196]
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causing mind-altering behaviours that help the parasites thrive. The host often dies in the process. [197] <> su jirkita musu tunani ta yadda su dabbobin za su hallaka, halittun kuma su amfana. [198]
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For example, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects mice and switches off their innate fear of cats. [199] <> Misali, halittar Toxoplasma gondii na kama beraye ta sa su daina tsoron mage. [200]
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If the cat eats the mouse, the parasite reproduces. [201] <> Idan mage ta cinye beran, sai halittar ta ci gaba da hayayyafa a cikin magen. [202]
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A 2013 study found that a T. gondii infection permanently deletes this fear, [203] <> Wani bincike a 2013 ya gano cewa T. gondii na hana bera tsoron mage har abada, [204]
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even after the parasite has been exterminated. [205] <> ko da bayan an raba beran da shi. [206]
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Similarly, a parasitic fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis can control the minds of ants, turning them into zombies. [207] <> Haka kuma, akwai wata funfuna mai suna Ophiocordyceps unilateralis wacce ke iya juya akalar tururuwai. [208]
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It steers the insects to their deaths in locations where the fungus can thrive. [209] <> Ta kan sa tururuwan su hallaka kansu a wurare masu danshi, inda funfunar za ta rayu. [210]
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Lastly, mother spiders let their young eat them. [211] <> Bugu da kari, matan gizo-gizo kan bari ‘ya’yansu su cinye su. [212]
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Though they die in the process, [213] <> Koda yake su kan mutu sanadiyyar hakan, [214]
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this sacrifice is not suicide, [215] <> wannan sadaukarwa ce ba hallaka kai da gangan ba, [216]
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but rather an extreme act of parental care. [217] <> domin kuwa wannan na nuna tsananin kaunar da uwar ke yi wa ‘ya’yanta. [218]
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The mother spiders provide their own bodies as a vital first nutritious meal that ensures their offspring's survival. [219] <> Mata kan ciyar da ‘ya’yansu jikinsu ne domin ba su sinadiran da za su taimaka musu a rayuwa. [220]
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To say such behaviour does not constitute suicide requires a definition of what does. [221] <> Cewar ba za a kira wannan dabi’ar hallaka kai da gangan ba, na bukatar mu bayyana me ake nufi da hallaka kai da gangan. [222]
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Suicide is commonly defined as "the action of killing oneself intentionally". [223] <> Shi dai ana daukarsa ne a matsayin “kashe kanka da kanka bisa niyyar yin hakan”. [224]
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We know that some animals kill themselves. [225] <> Mun san cewa wasu dabbobin su kan kashe kansu. [226]
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The question is whether they intend to. [227] <> Tambayar ita ce; da niyya su ke hakan? [228]
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The mother spider, for example, may behave this way to primarily provide food, not die. [229] <> Misali matar gizo-gizo na iya yin haka ne don ciyar da iyalinta ba don ta mutu ba. [230]
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Some experts believe this question is impossible to answer. [231] <> Zancen gaskiya shi ne, kawo yanzu ilimin dan Adam bai kai yadda zai iya gane tunanin dabba ba, a cewar King. [232]
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But others disagree. [233] <> Sai dai wasu masanan ba su yadda da bayaninta ba. [234]
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They say some people intend to kill themselves, while animals do not, due to differences in cognitive ability. The key difference, they say, is our ability to think far into the future. [235] <> Sun ce dabbobi ba za su iya kashe kansu da gangan ba saboda kwakwalwarsu ba ta kai ta yi tunanin halin da suke ciki a duniya tare da neman mafita ta hanyar mutuwa ba. [236]
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"Humans have a capacity to imagine scenarios, reflect on them, and embed them into larger narratives," [237] <> Thomas Suddendorf, masanin dabi’un halittu a jami’ar Queensland da ke Australia, ya ce [238]
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says Thomas Suddendorf, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Queensland in Australia. [239] <> “akwai bambanci mai nisa tsakanin tunanin mutane da na dabbobi: mu mu kan tada hankali kan abinda mu ke hasashen zai iya faruwa amma su ba sa yi.” [240]
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Depressed people truly appreciate reality, agrees Ajit Varki of the University of California, San Diego, US, who has written extensively about human uniqueness and our ability to deny death. [241] <> Ajit Varki, na jami’ar California da ke San Diego ya goyi bayansa, inda ya ce: “Mutane sun san mutuwa amma dabbobi ba su santa ba. [242]
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"What is suicide?" asks Varki. [243] <> “Menene ma kashe kai da kai?” in ji Varki. [244]
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"It is inducing your own mortality, [245] <> “Shi ne ka jawo sanadin mutuwarka da kanka, [246]
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but how can you induce it if you don't know you have mortality? [247] <> amma ta yaya za ka yi haka idan ba ka san za ka iya mutuwa ba? [248]
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It's [[[therefore]]] quite logical that suicide should be uniquely human." [249] <> Don haka babu wanda zai iya kashe kansa da gangan sai mutum.” [250]