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Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch
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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 dead bodies of their own kind. This paper reports helping and investigative behaviour of different elephants and their families towards a dying and deceased matriarch. We make use of long-term assoc...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.04.014
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Applied Animal Behavioural Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 100
- Issue:
- 1-2
- Pages:
- 87-102
- Publication date:
- 2006-10-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0168-1591
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:5154
- Deposit date:
- 2011-03-22
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- Elsevier B V
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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