How elephants grieve and bury their dead
Updated On: 12 August, 2024 09:45 AM IST | Ranjeet Jadhav
New paper by IFS officer and Pune researcher details the elaborate last rituals of Asian elephants
Asian elephants bury carcasses with their legs upright
In a ground-breaking study that sheds light on the behaviour of Asian elephants, a recent paper authored by IFS Parveen Kaswan, a prominent figure in the Indian Forest Service, along with Pune-based researcher Akashdeep Roy has been published in a prestigious academic journal.
This research, the first of its kind in India, provides unprecedented insights into the burial practices of Asian elephants, revealing that elephant carcasses were transported over distances by trunks and legs before being interred in a distinctive “legs-upright position.
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