Elephants intuiting a human friend's death !

[Ajay0]

I recently came across an interesting story of a South African conservationist named Lawrence Anthony. He was known for his conservatory work amongst elephants.

It is said that just after Lawrence's death in his house, a group of elephants marched their way to his house for 12 hours, and hung around for two days before making their way to the bush.
 

https://protectallwildlifeblog.com/2021/08/01/when-the-elephants-came-to-mourn-the-elephant-whisperer/

 

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” For two days the herds loitered at Anthony’s rural compound on the vast Thula Thula game reserve in the South African KwaZulu — to say good-bye to the man they loved. But how did they know he had died?

 

 

Imho, I think , considering this case study, animals are somehow capable of intuiting the state of close friends and responding accordingly. 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Ajay0

[Danioover9000]

@Ajay0

3 hours ago, Ajay0 said:

I recently came across an interesting story of a South African conservationist named Lawrence Anthony. He was known for his conservatory work amongst elephants.

It is said that just after Lawrence's death in his house, a group of elephants marched their way to his house for 12 hours, and hung around for two days before making their way to the bush.
 

https://protectallwildlifeblog.com/2021/08/01/when-the-elephants-came-to-mourn-the-elephant-whisperer/

 

 

Imho, I think , considering this case study, animals are somehow capable of intuiting the state of close friends and responding accordingly. 

   And @Leo Gura saying animals can't do art...

 

 

[Schizophonia]

Remind me that : https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/dindim-o-lindo-pinguim-1.3487668

[Ajay0]

18 hours ago, Danioover9000 said:

@Ajay0

   And @Leo Gura saying animals can't do art...

 

 

 

Elephants forcibly trained to paint to attract tourists is not artistic excellence or creativity, imho. 

It does showcase their cerebral abilities, but I am not sure they are enjoying the process. 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Ajay0

[Yimpa]

Reminds me of this story. I love animals!

 

[Ajay0]

Going through some of Anthony's sayings from his books, I found some which were in sync with the above incident...
 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/231944.Lawrence_Anthony?page=1

 

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“The wrong way to go about this is to say: Well, researchers have ‘proved’ that animals only understand fifty words or something similarly absurd. Or that communication with other species is an illusion. Communication is not the preserve of humans; it is the one thing that is truly universal.”


“Years later I was in the Sudan on a conservation project when I heard an incredible story on good authority that sounded similar to my own. During the twenty-year war between northern and southern Sudan elephants were being slaughtered both for ivory and meat and so large numbers migrated to Kenya for safety. Within days of the final ceasefire being signed, the elephants left their adopted residence en masse and trekked the hundreds of miles back home to Sudan. How they knew that their home range was now safe is just another indication of the incredible abilities of these amazing creatures.”