YouTube videos help scientists learn how elephants mourn dead - report - Business Insider

A team of Indian scientists found 39 videos showing Asian elephants mourning by roaring, holding vigil, and carrying the dead, per a new study.

Biologist Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel had only observed one example of Asian elephants mourning their dead in the wild after four years of fieldwork in India, according to Science.org the American Assoc… [+2138 chars]

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