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Study: Asian elephants bury their dead calves
WEB DESK: Recent research sheds light on an intriguing behavior observed among wild Asian elephants, indicating that they may engage in burial rituals for their deceased calves, a phenomenon previously thought to be unique to African savanna elephants. The study, conducted by Parveen Kaswan, an Indian Forest Service officer, and Akashdeep Roy, a senior research fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune, documents five instances of wild Asian elephant herds burying their dead calves in irrigation ditches within India’s northern Bengal region. These occurrences, observed between 2022 and 2023, provide the first recorded evidence of ... Read more