{"id":10063,"date":"2024-03-15T21:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10063"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:12:22","slug":"they-blocked-off-the-road-after-realizing-what-this-elephant-was-carrying-with-its-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10063","title":{"rendered":"They blocked off the road after realizing what this elephant was carrying with its trunk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elephants are very special creatures. During years of extensive research and observation, scientists have discovered that elephants\u2019 mourning pattern is very similar to that of humans.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0National Geographic,\u00a0<\/em>George Wittemyer, a Colorado State University conservation biologist who has studied elephants for a long time, said, \u201cElephants have respect for their dead, but their interaction with their dead is not something we fully understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that these creatures act upon emotion when a member of their herd dies, which is truly fascinating and speaks of their emotional inteligence.<\/p>\n

Twitter user Parveen Kaswan shared a video which proved yet again that elephants are able to mourn death. They not only bury the bodies but show respect to the bones later on.<\/p>\n

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The video shows a number of people and vehicles parked in the middle of the road. The reason why is that a herd of elephants is crossing the street.<\/p>\n

What caught the attention of the bystanders was that one of the elephants was carrying something with its trunk. When they took a closer look, they realized that the animal was carrying a dead baby elephant.<\/p>\n

The herd then stopped and placed the body of the dead calf on the ground as the rest of the group gathered around it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family just don\u2019t want to leave the baby,\u201d Kaswan wrote in the caption and added that the sight resembled \u201cfuneral procession.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they continued their journey, another animal took the dead baby with its trunk.<\/p>\n

To see the incredible moment go to the video below.<\/p>\n