Elephants Do Not Bury Their Dead Like Humans, but They Show Remarkable Interest in Their Fellow Species. This is the result of a study revealed after a series of peculiar experiments conducted on 19 elephant families in Ambolesi National Park, Kenya. 
When an elephant dies or when confronted with a dead elephant, other elephants often exhibit signs of anxiety and restlessness. However, two female researchers, Karen McComb from Scotland and Cynthia Moss from the United States, who are elephant specialists, sought to investigate whether elephants displayed similar behaviors when encountering the bones of their kind.
Initially, the researchers placed a piece of wood, an elephant skull, and an elephant tusk on the paths of several elephant herds. This was followed by a rhinoceros skull, an elephant skull, and a buffalo skull. Finally, they placed the skulls of three female elephants.
The “encounters” between the elephants and these “remains” were filmed and statistically analyzed. The first experiments demonstrated that elephants consistently show interest in the bones of their species. They use their trunks to touch these bones, and their large, sensitive feet can detect low-frequency vibrations emitted by other elephants in the group, even from several kilometers away.
The two researchers concluded that elephants have a distinct interest in the skulls and tusks of their fellow species, although the reasons for this behavior remain unexplained. However, they proposed a hypothesis: it is uncertain whether the frequent large-scale killings of these animals could be a contributing factor to such behaviors. According to one report, 50 elephants starved to death in a national park in Zimbabwe.
