Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch
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Wild elephants have been observed showing awareness and interest in dying and deceased conspecifics.
“Wild elephants have been observed showing awareness and interest in dying and deceased conspecifics [74,75]”
From Socializing a group of male Asian elephants in a semi-captive facility in Lao PDR (2025) · cites this paper as [74]
The death of conspecifics, in addition to disrupting social groups, can be emotionally distressing for individual elephants, at least in the short term.
“suggesting that the death of conspecifics, in addition to disrupting social groups, can be emotionally distressing for individual elephants, at least in the short term.”
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- Authors
- Douglas-Hamilton, I., Bhalla, S., Wittemyer, G., & Vollrath, F.
- Affiliations
- Save the Elephants (KE)
- Venue
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-10
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 87-102
- ISSN
- 0168-1591 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2106892943
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 7.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (publishedVersion)
- Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- elephants, matriarchs, helping behavior, death awareness, kinship, social behavior, animal cognition, animal welfare ethics, GPS tracking
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