Cover-Carcass

Collecting vegetation in the trunk or gathering dirt with the feet, tusks and trunk and using it to cover or bury the body of a dead elephant or other animal (e.g. human).

References: Verheyen 1954; Grzimek 1956; Guggisberg 1956; Bere 1966; Adamson 1968; Harthoorn 1970, Douglas-Hamilton & Douglas-Hamilton 1975; Moss 1992: 60, 132, 133; Spinage 1994; Poole, 1996: 164, 165; Poole & Granli 2003; Goldenberg & Wittemyer 2019 [Covering]. (Full reference list)

This behavior occurs in the following context(s): Death