Do Elephants Grieve? New Video Suggests They Do | Nat Geo Wild

Elephants have a sense of time and live long lives. Do they also think about death? ➡ Subscribe: https://on.natgeo.com/41A7tf0 About National Geographic Animals: National Geographic Animals brings you closer to the wild than ever before. Take a journey through the animal kingdom to discover fierce predators, surprising behaviors, adorable babies, and more through our fascinating wildlife documentaries, series, and specials. Get More National Geographic: Official Site: https://nationalgeographic.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/natgeo Facebook: https://facebook.com/natgeo Threads: https://threads.com/@natgeo X: https://x.com/NatGeo LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/national-geographic TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@natgeo Reddit: https://reddit.com/user/nationalgeographic Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/natgeo Safari Live cameras filmed three young elephants gathering around an elephant carcass. They show what researchers have regularly seen in a similar context: elephants expressing grief or mourning. Elephant behavior expert Joyce Poole of ElephantVoices explains some of these signs of grief: “Body-mounting,” in which they climb on the carcass; "Back-toward:” they walk backwards towards the body and often touch it with the hindfoot; "Explore-Touch-Foot:” to touch the body with the forefoot and/or hindfoot; “Explore-touch-trunk:” touch and/or explore the body with the trunk; and, "silence:” a quiet contemplation. These behaviors do happen in other situations, but not as regularly as with a dead body. Whether elephants culturally transmit and learn these actions is part of an ongoing study. Do Elephants Grieve? New Video Suggests They Do | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/q950J4BogZw Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild