Quote Originally Posted by Arrow-Jolteon View Post
Yeah, and what makes it even sadder is that most pets have short lifespans compared to ours, and the ones that don't have short lifespans need cooperation between family members because you're very likely to die before those pets do (parrots and tortoises in particular), so you need to make sure someone will care for them when you're gone.

When my dog got old he actually hid from us because he didn't want us to see him die. I still get depressed every time I think about him.
Animals do that quite commonly. It's due to the fact that in the wild if an animal was showing the signs of dying, it was an automatic death sentence. The instinct still remains to this day.