Original air date: 27 November 2014
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Elephants mourning?
It really does look like elephants mourn in a similar way to us, humans. Top row they are touching the bones of an old female very gently. Lower left they look like comforting each other, and (lower right) the last one touches the bones before leaving with the rest (44’08-45’30).
More recently, 2024, similar (mourning) behaviour has actually been discovered among Indian elephants burying their dead calves.