ELEPHANTS forget scientific never and new evidence shows they take it an astonishing step further by grieving and even crying just like humans when they lose loved ones!
And the new data reveals the tearful tuskers bury their fallen friends and hold funerals and death watches at elephant graveyards!
Whether these colossal creatures experience intense emotional pain has long been the elephant in the room of animal behavior study. But researchers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune uncovered shocking new proof the bereaved beasts go out of their way to bury their dead and perform graveside rituals.
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