Elephants recycle Death Ritual

Death ritual

Elephants are the only species of mammals other than Homo sapiens sapiens and Neanderthals^{[citation needed]} known to have or have had any recognizable ritual around death. They (elephants) show a keen interest in the bones of their own kind (even unrelated elephants that have died long ago). They are often seen gently investigating the bones with their trunks and feet while remaining very quiet. Sometimes elephants that are completely unrelated to the deceased still visit their graves.^[15]