Elephants take dead calves to be buried in untrodden paths: Study
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephants take dead calves to be buried in untrodden paths: Study

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Elephants in the eastern Himalayan floodplains bury their calves in a ‘legs upright’ position, a new study has found. Rampant environmental changes and forest destruction push Asian elephants and their African counterparts to explore human spaces to fulfil their dietary and ecological requirements, leading to ‘novel’ elephant behaviours in shared spaces. Their study on “unearthing calf burials among Asian elephants” was published in the latest issue of the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The major findings reflect that the carcasses were carried by trunks and legs for a distance before being buried in a ‘legs upright’ position,” the study said.

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An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur
8 months ago

An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur

The Hindu  

An elephant mourning the death of its calf and guarding the carcass blocked traffic on the highway cutting across Bandipur for a considerable period on Saturday. Though efforts were made to dissuade the female elephant to leave the carcass of the calf it stayed put and blocked the movement of vehicles on National Highway 181 connecting to Mudumalai in Tamil …

Elephant burials and human grief: Exploring depths of animal sentience, emotion of death
9 months, 1 week ago

Elephant burials and human grief: Exploring depths of animal sentience, emotion of death

Hindustan Times  

The myth of elephant graveyards has pervaded popular culture, and recent observations of buried Asian elephant calves may finally give that legend some credence. Elephant burials and human grief: Exploring depths of animal sentience, emotion of death In the research published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa, two scientists describe five instances where elephant calves have been found buried in …

Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests
9 months, 1 week ago

Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Researchers in India have for the first time documented how Asian elephants bury dead calves. While African elephants are known to bury dead calves, this is the first time that the behavior has been documented in Asian elephants, study author Akashdeep Roy, a researcher at the Indian Institute of Science …

Male elephant calf found dead in Valparai estate
1 year ago

Male elephant calf found dead in Valparai estate

The Hindu  

An elephant calf was found dead in a forest patch inside an estate in Valparai on Tuesday. The elephant calf was found dead in a shola forest patch inside field number 15 of Pachamalai estate, which falls under the jurisdiction of Valparai forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, around 11 a.m. on Tuesday. A team headed by Valparai forest …

Elephant tramples farmer to death in Manyam district
2 years, 1 month ago

Elephant tramples farmer to death in Manyam district

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: A male elephant that got separated from the herd trampled a farmer to death at about 11 pm on Friday at Kallikota village in Komarada mandal in Parvatipuram Manyam district. It was a chance encounter,’’ divisional forest officer, Manyam district Rasuna said. Sub-inspector of police, Komarada, M.J. Naidu said that Govind had gone to his farm field to estimate …

Elephants in mourning seen kicking and dragging dead herd members
2 years, 7 months ago

Elephants in mourning seen kicking and dragging dead herd members

The Independent  

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