Emotions are not species specific.
Wagner Figueiredo de Lima was a 34-year-old cowboy and civil servant from Paraiba, Brazil. He was inseparable from his beloved horse Sereno, who he owned for eight years.
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Tragically, Lima died on New Year's Day from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident, according to El Globo. Two days later, he was buried in the city of Cajazeiras. His family and friends made sure Sereno was in attendance.
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At the service, something remarkable happen. A visibly distraught Sereno gently touched his head against the side of Lima's coffin, and whined and sighed as a sort of goodbye to his beloved owner. Attendees were shocked at the horse's earnest show of emotion.
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