There has been a legend since ancient times that all elephants must go to their secret cemetery before dying
Go and meet the coming death
Legend has it that elephants can accurately feel their own death
When death came half a month ago
The elephants left the herd alone
Walk alone into the distant and mysterious elephant mound
And every elephant will have an elephant mound
They've been passed down from generation to generation, or a deep ravine, or a huge cave, or a pit left by an earthquake.
Where all the elephants in this population, no matter where they wandered to the ends of the earth before they died, their final destination must be in the same elephant tomb
Even baby elephants from birth to death
Even if you have never been to or seen an elephant tomb, in the last moments of your life, with the guidance of a mysterious force, you can accurately find the elephant tomb that belongs to your own population.
This place is also known as the Tomb of the Hundred Elephants
In the past time
There have been countless scholars and expeditions
Trying to find this place
But the results are all fruitless
So does the elephant tomb really exist?
Where is he, and is the elephant family really hiding such an ancient and mysterious place?
I'm a lazy citizen, and today we're going to explore it together
First we need to know
Elephants are very intelligent animals
Elephants also have this very large and highly complex hippocampus, a brain structure in the limbic system, much larger than any human, primate or cetacean brain structure, and the elephant population is also quite a small society, and they also have their own joys and sorrows
and a unique expression of emotion, which is why people believe in the existence of elephant mounds
Cynthia Moss, an ethologist who specializes in elephants, recalls an incident involving an African elephant family.
There is such a real record on the Internet
Two family members were shot by poachers and subsequently chased away by the remaining elephants. Although one of the elephants died, the other, Tina, was still standing, but her knees began to droop. Two family members, Trista and Theresia (Tina's mother), walked to Tina's sides and leaned over to lift her up. Eventually, Tina became weak and fell to the ground and died. However, Trista and Theresia did not give up, but constantly tried to lift her up. They managed to get Tina to sit up, but her body was lifeless and she fell to the ground again. As other members of the elephant family became more actively involved in the aid, they tried to shove the grass into Tina's mouth. Teresia then placed her fangs under Tina's head and front and continued to lift her. When she did so, her right tooth was completely broken, all the way to her lips and nerve cavities. The elephant gave up trying to lift Tina up, but didn't leave her. Instead, they began to bury her in a shallow grave and cover her body with leaves. They stayed by Tina's side for the night and then began to leave in the morning. The last to leave was Theresia
So, as we can see from the story,
Elephants also have mixed emotions
In the beginning, people wanted to find the reason for the elephant tomb
In fact, I don't want to explore and seek knowledge
It's just wanting
ivory
As we all know, ivory can be used to make crafts and is expensive
Over time, ivory products have also become more and more sought-after
The number of elephants thought the impact of the people had also plummeted
When ivory is not satisfied
When people need it, the secret of the elephant tomb is also widely spread
The Soviet explorer Bu Galevsky and his brothers went to Kenya in Africa in search of ivory. One day, they climbed to the top of a high rock in the forest and looked ahead.
Suddenly, they found countless white bright animal bones on the opposite hill.
An elephant staggered to the bone pile, made a faint cry, and collapsed to the ground. “
There must be an elephant graveyard! The brothers screamed, and along the dry valley they galloped toward the elephant's graveyard.
On the way, however, they are attacked by wild beasts, trapped in an unfathomable swamp, and finally out of their predicament. However, they still did not reach their destination.
This is the earliest elephant tomb to be heard
In the years that followed
Rumors of elephant tombs are growing
Even a chief in Africa claims to have once lost his way while hunting and stumbled into a cave deep in a dense forest valley.
He was surprised to find that it was a pile of bones, and judging by the size and shape of the bones, it should be the bones of an elephant.
He also added that there was also a recently dead elephant carcass inside.
So does the elephant tomb really exist as stated in the story above?
The answer is
Nothing is enough
Zoologists based on long-term follow-up surveys
Conclusions
These storytellers
In fact, it is going to the ivory
Or to put it more bluntly
These people are poachers
Because a large number of elephants were killed
Too many ivory
That's why they made up the story of the elephant tomb
So where did the elephant go after it died?
Why are elephant carcasses rarely found
The reason is likely that before dying, the elephant ran to a secluded place or a water source to say goodbye to the world.
Although the life expectancy of elephants can be as long as 90 years old, the average life expectancy is around 30 to 40 years old.
Elephant carcasses can be seen in animal sanctuaries, but this is negligible compared to the number of elephant deaths as a whole.
Where exactly are these dead elephants buried, and will they end their lives in one place?
Is it because of the hot tropical climate that elephant carcasses are quickly weathered and decomposed, or are they used as a delicacy by other carnivores? Obviously, this possibility cannot be excluded.
Well, this episode ends here
I'm lazy science, we'll see you next time