When I was growing up, my mother worked at a dolphin rescue center. I spent a whole lot of my early childhood there.
Some dolphins would be make friends with specific other dolphins, and enemies out of others (bullying / attacking) and needed to be kept apart. Not all of them would actually recover enough to live to old age.
I distinctly remember times when a dolphin had a friend die, they would display what I would consider depression symptoms. Not wanting to play with toys, less interest in eating, way less activity in general.
Some dolphins would be make friends with specific other dolphins, and enemies out of others (bullying / attacking) and needed to be kept apart. Not all of them would actually recover enough to live to old age.
I distinctly remember times when a dolphin had a friend die, they would display what I would consider depression symptoms. Not wanting to play with toys, less interest in eating, way less activity in general.