Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch
The extent to which elephants hold behavioural traits in common with human beings is relevant to the ethics of how we treat them. Observations show that elephants, like humans, are concerned with distressed or deceased individuals, and render assistance to the ailing and show a special interest in d...
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Elsevier
2006
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