Here's What Happens After an Elephant Dies | Nat Geo Wild

Elephant carcasses briefly become busy ecosystems of their own.
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This African elephant is on the verge of death. It was likely tusked in its side by another male elephant during a fight. What happens next reveals how enormously important an elephant is to its ecosystem. Elephants arrive on the scene to mourn the loss of their fellow elephant. The mourning process includes “body-mounting,” in which they climb on the carcass. They also mourn by walking backwards towards the body, often touching it with their hind foot. They will explore the body with their trunks and front feet. Whether elephants culturally transmit and learn these actions is part of an ongoing study. Hyenas arrived overnight and opened the belly of the carcass, tearing through the tough elephant hide. This gives the opportunity for white-backed vultures to feed.
Vultures don’t have strong enough beaks to tear through the elephant's hide, so they have to wait in line behind the hyenas. While sad, these deaths are crucial for ecosystems. These feasts can be life saving for vultures, whose populations have plummeted worldwide as humans have changed their habitats and poisoned them. A leopard comes to investigate but decides to eat elsewhere. Elephant carcasses briefly become busy ecosystems of their own. Apart from scavenging, there’s a full community of decomposers like maggots that chow down on anything the bigger scavengers don’t get to quickly enough. A carcass site becomes soaked with blood and fluids that are released during decomposition, creating a fertile patch of ground as microbes release nutrients into the soil.
Scientists use carcass counts for keeping tabs on elephant population health. So not only does this elephant's carcass provide a highly beneficial service to the surrounding ecosystem ... it may ultimately help with science and elephant conservation.
Read more in "Watch What Happens When Scavengers Find a Several-Ton Carcass"
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[@NatGeoWild]

The death of an elephant reveals how important the creatures are for their ecosystem. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2O3Nlda

[@taranbaze1448]

How long did this time lapse take place over?

[@50calorie82]

How many days did it take to reach that Level of decomposition, during that last frame of the time lapse?

[@andand7597]

The people behind the scene killed the elephant

[@gagokaba6070]

What happen to the elephant before die? Who hurt to elephant.?

[@gagokaba6070]

@@andand7597 thats what on my mind.. To make this experement!!

[@kissthis5361]

It's so touching how elephants show their last respect and love to their dead fellow. 😢😢😢

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

I really felt that

[@reidmulligan8478]

Not rlly

[@thefreemonk6938]

They are intelligent species

[@afterthoughtsofsolitude280]

Actually they are the ones who killed it. Just making sure that it's dead.

[@davidmilroy8666]

agreed

[@paulharvey7172]

Body mounting. Kinda like hugging or kissing the departed at a funeral. And the two elephants touching faces to console one another. An incredible societal structure!

[@anirudhmenon5281]

Don't see them as humans

[@Bonesy_-oh6vn]

And people say animals can’t feel emotions like grief I think this proves them wrong

[@eka-px6dw]

Bonesy_ 2005 who say that

[@peter4210]

@@anirudhmenon5281 dont see Humans as superior to other animals. Elephant show grief and will go back to the site where one of their own died and touch the bones. They will go out of their way to visit the site of a dead relative. They can also morn for other animals if they have bounded with them, like dogs or other humans. They are also one of the few animals smart enough to recognize themselves in a mirror and they show the ability to solve puzzles that require cooperation which is even rarer. They can also be teach skills like painting They may not have hands but they definitely could behave like early humans if they did. Even our own closes animal relative have problems passing these tests.

[@russellandres2777]

Anirudh Menon A part of an elephants brain light up when they see humans similar to a humans brain lighting up when we see puppies, they experience emotions and are one of, if not, the most intelligent animals in the world. Yeah we can’t liken them to humans but you can’t deny the fact these giant creatures are smarter than they appear to be :-)

[@user-ls7kf9ve2m]

"When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life."

[@starinvader5969]

Someone with sense

[@yo-yosmuggler2414]

Classic mufasa

[@israelp6068]

That shot at 1:23 is incredible you can actually see how sad the elephants are goes to show animals have just as much feelings as we do we should always treat all animals big or small with respect

[@user-lw8dr6xx8i]

Start by not exploiting, killing and eating them.

[@robertdemon3550]

Not all animals but definitely some.

[@najishhaidri4961]

True😢

[@Nutmeg-]

​@@user-lw8dr6xx8i I agree with the exploiting part, but eating them is normal. We are like any other animal seen in there eating the corpse.

[@ABC-ik9vj]

Eating animals is normal

[@ThinkerYT]

Crazy how 1 death secures the survival of dozens of other animals. Pretty amazing.

[@robertjensen1048]

Consider how the death of just one person--such as Hitler around 1939--could have secured the survival of over 50 million other humans.

[@donut8454]

Robert Jensen crazy how nature works

[@setsers1]

Bruh

[@luisdiaz91620]

The circle of life

[@setsers1]

@@luisdiaz91620 Circle Of DEATH XD

[@daisukkii1313]

Hyena and everyone else: *tasty* Leopard: *ew*

[@jyde50]

@Burner Fire nope, it's because it has rott, everyone including humans will eat anything when starving, so that doesn't count.

[@amritsrivastava2114]

Because deer more tasty

[@deathempire70]

Professionals have standards

[@hunchojack2614]

Burner Fire wrong

[@DarkBlue101010]

Lol the lepords like I like my meal fresh

[@imlistening1137]

When the elephant first died, it’s like the others are hugging the dead friend. Elephants are so beautiful. Although I had no desire to watch the feeding frenzy that ensued, I do find it fascinating how there is an animal for every need. Without the scavengers and insects, this world would be a stinky, ugly mess.

[@supernatural_forces]

Have a look at the concept of Fundamental Constants. Everything in the Universe is determined by special forces called fundamental constants which are unbelievably precise. For eg. -: If the rate of expansion of the Universe would have changed only by just one part in a quintillion after the Big Bang, a quintillion is one with 18 zeros after it, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, the Universe would have continued to expand or collapsed back on itself. How the Atmosphere (various layers) protects the Earth from destruction from meteorites is again amazing. Solar Flare which occur frequently from the Sun ☀️ has energy equivalent to 100 billion Atomic Bombs which was dropped on Hiroshima couldn't destroy Life on Earth 🌍 due to Van Allen Radiation Belt. The centre of gravitational force could have existed anywhere on the Universe which is supposedly 13.5 billion Light Years Big but it only exists at the right place that's why Life is possible. Scientists say, if it is shifted/ moved even 1 inch compared to 13.5 billion light years length of the Universe, the effects would be catastrophic & it would wreck the Universe. So, everything is on the knife edge.

[@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384]

@@supernatural_forces yes but there are also trillions / maybe infinite planets. so the chance of such things happening is actually not that strange

[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

the reason there hasnt been new coal is because of the presence of these scavengers and bacteria coal and oil are formed because of a lack of decomposition, and they just get sandwiched into the ground

[@iamkateaidleb]

This is more than a drama series. It will really make you cry. Seeing him in pain and just leaning in the tree that's heartbreaking. I feel like he still wants to live longer. And watching those other elephants mourning, you can tell they have feelings too. I just hope that everytime there's an elephant dies there's one or two that is/are born🙏🏻💖

[@williamtheophilus9232]

Hello 👋👋👋

[@qarshitreasury8168]

Why did the team not rescue the dying Elephant?

[@unknownalien3837]

@@qarshitreasury8168 how exactly would they do that? walk up to a large, dying beast and convince it to let you touch its wounds? or should they tranq it first, most likely resulting in death due to the already existing trauma? Aside from that, it's detrimental to the ecosystem to be interfering.

[@alvinalvin8803]

@@unknownalien3837 true, the elephant indeed died but it contributed a lot especially back to the ecosystem as a food source

[@ahmedsalah5364]

He knew what was coming was probably thinking of his parents and the creatures who were going to eat him

[@KeIpyG]

elephant: *dies* hyenas and vultures : it’s free real estate

[@borkwoof696]

flapjackinlove more like: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@succhold922]

flapjackinlove u mean it’s free food?

[@xxxxxx5868]

@@succhold922 r/woooooosh

[@AudiZYX]

Osama Bin Laden r/wooosh

[@kaokoki5983]

I died on your comment, died even more on the replies of your comment. "UhhHh dO yOU mEaN iT's FreE fOOd? "

[@Lionoftruth7]

Lastly the humans jump in and steal the tusks. Lol

[@wonder777warrior6]

puncru how is it stealing? it’s dead.. you grab what you can get.

[@ScissorsLEL]

poacher + hyena = poochyena (pokémon)

[@teomaky]

@@ScissorsLEL I dont like your kind

[@twddersharkmarine7774]

True (Not Stealing But Robbing [just a joke])

[@beautiful-rain55]

@@teomaky you don't like people?

[@brankoanthonyposa3005]

Elephants are incredibly intelligent.Amazing to see how they mourn the lost of one of there own.May he rest in peace.

[@MamiTT237]

The mourning process! This is why I love elephants! They are so emotional and they show it blatantly!

[@galileos8638]

Vultures and Hyenas were like “same time tomorrow? Im kinda full rn”

[@tricktreat688]

😂😂😂😂

[@greatmnn3868]

😂🤣🤣

[@sotrippy5136]

Lmaoooooooo

[@enockasante1971]

Lmao 💀😂

[@shubhamanandrao]

😂😂LMAO dude😂

[@elenapana6753]

Crazy how one elephants death can feed so many animals and save their own lives. Circle of life is wild

[@tanetitaneti6340]

Hiiiiii

[@PayalPanchalComedy.]

You too can!

[@austinperry1671]

Oh, yeah, no, this whole thing is a circle...but not a real circle, more like a freaky circle." -korg

[@mindful_minipods]

Whether you eat grass or meat, you have to eat something that was alive to be alive. Transfer of energy?

[@peacockhorsepower3181]

It’s like taxes for a progressive city.

[@kaylasspace]

They were hugging and touching the body to grieve 🥺 they are such emotional animals

[@PhenixJoe]

Watching them mourn made me cry. What sweet animals they are.

[@itsbboss270]

Leopard: "it's raw"

[@amiruladlilhakim4159]

Pardon Ramsay

[@binomanners6343]

Leopard Ramsey

[@KangKush]

leopards eat raw meat

[@angelbanks264]

I wonder why it didn't want to eat

[@KangKush]

@@angelbanks264 because it started to rot

[@Deno2100]

3:05 "everyone shut the **** up, I think I just heard a lion..."

[@KDirt6988]

🤣🤣🤣

[@smokingwiththestarz]

😂

[@harshag5423]

That was hilarious 😂

[@DjFolks]

💀💀

[@Drilly71]

Lol

[@WesleyKane179]

It’s almost like they are laying hands on their fallen brother and praying for him… animals are so incredibly awesome.

[@tart6901]

I like how the vultures waited for the hyenas and the hyenas don't bother attacking those vultures

[@melina8496]

The reaction of the other elephants was sooo sad. And there are still so many people saying animals have no feelings.

[@leeannareynolds7752]

💯💯💯 i totally agree .

[@BrainhasPain]

Or a mind in that small brain

[@alanguages]

People who say animals have no feelings are usually people that have little to none themselves. It is a way for people rationalize their horror they cause.

[@melina8496]

alanguages well said!

[@whatwhat4226]

Same thing they said about slaves to judtify killing them and easing they're conscious. Even went so far as to say they weren't human.

[@thehifiguy945]

Nature wastes nothing.

[@sgtsnakeeyes11]

not true, nature wastes a lot

[@lfle9933]

@@sgtsnakeeyes11 humans* Not saying we're bad but umm... ᴾᴸᴬˢᵀᴵᶜˢ

[@Sandy-bh3nj]

sgtsnakeeyes11 what

[@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496]

@@sgtsnakeeyes11 No nature does Not. Humans waste a lot.

[@sgtsnakeeyes11]

@God First one that pops into my mind is seeds. Very few seeds germinate, the rest are wasted. Unnatural human farming processes have far more efficient seed planting methods, water usage, etc. Another would be how nature wastes 99% of the energy that comes from the sun every day. There's millions of examples like those. Nature is not very efficient over all.

[@manderly109]

Beautiful, intelligent creatures. ❤ RIP to that elephant. It gave a lot to the surrounding environment when it died. That’s amazing

[@dkb115]

The fact that one elephant dying fed and kept multiple other animals and lifeforms alive is cool. It sucks that the elephant died but it's death garunteed the survival of many other animals

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Mufasa wasn't kidding about the circle of life.

[@alexthompson8977]

Wait...in lion king are all the other animals ok with lions like eating them? I mean one moment your bowing down to them the next they're ripping your throat out.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

@@alexthompson8977 What are they gonna do? It's how the world works. Besides, the vast majority don't get eaten.

[@alexthompson8977]

@@AtlasBlizzard but why do they respect them so much?..or is it a fear things why they bow down?

[@AtlasBlizzard]

@@alexthompson8977 I wouldn't read into it too much.

[@typingcat]

If he's so smart, how come he's dead?

[@akpopstan2976]

Hyeanas: “So tasty” Leopards: “It's *FUCKAN raw* ”

[@gamingfitness1626]

might be ramsay

[@LL-ip5mm]

It’s cos it started to rot

[@just_a_strange_traveler]

So Ramsays a leopard? Might explain why he's so on edge & hungry for blood

[@gamingfitness1626]

@@just_a_strange_traveler because he said raw dont u watch his episodes where he say this is raw

[@italiantraditionalcatholic2390]

Vulgarity in caps.. wow, unashamed

[@Naturaldisaster5s]

Couldn't agree more! Animals are not just part of our world; they are our companions and teachers. Protecting them is essential.❤

[@milzijex7340]

Elephants are the most beautiful creatures gifted to this earth. Their natures are truly wondrous.

[@iamLODD]

Vultures are going extinct sadly :( they prevent a lot of disease outbreaks folks!!! Save the vultures!!!

[@nostalgicbliss5547]

Yea they're necessary to clean up all the road kills. Everything in nature has it's part to play

[@johnhalchishick7094]

I live in AZ as a kid we saw alot of vultures.That was in the 70s , now you seldom see them or just a few .

[@lavanyajoglekar5379]

Endangered *

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

🙂

[@jamisa3668]

@ So much so vultures eating God. Go figure.

[@jameselly111]

It's hard to imagine that without hyenas and vultures, the carcass would become the bed for disease.

[@unbreakablyweak]

That's how nature works!! It have made its own ways to deal with all situations... Its us humans who don't follow the rules of nature....

[@BasheerAhmedkings]

It's Almighty Allah's nature everything happens for a reason....

[@abuhafsa3637]

Basheer Ahmed true indeed

[@truthbetold89]

@@BasheerAhmedkings True, God is responsible for keeping everything balanced .

[@the.44magnumisamonster]

@human no

[@kamuzipro]

It's so satisfying to see animals in their habitat and this circle of life.. so amazing!! Thanks to you Nat Geo.

[@yashpandey_]

It is sad that even after death a human doesn't return anything to the nature.

[@gangstagamegangstagame4467]

Bugs eat dead people if they are Buried not Cremated

[@Rdeschain19]

So is your family going to throw your carcass out into the wild when your time runs out?

[@SleazyRoseWalker]

Leopard: disgusting. I yern fresh meat. Hyenas: wohoo! Added maggots. Dig in boys!

[@hamidgaming3472]

Underrated comment XD

[@akari4498]

LOL 💀

[@matiasnunez847]

Hyenas really had a bad image huh

[@reza_dc2]

What happens if they eat the maggots?

[@just_beyonc7095]

@@reza_dc2 They probably just get chewed up

[@crazycarnolady2323]

The video proves leopards have class 😅

[@randomperson7135]

All cats do

[@fkin8shyt]

@@randomperson7135 Apparently not hyenas.

[@randomperson7135]

fkin8shyt hyenas are not part of the cat family

[@fkin8shyt]

@@randomperson7135 Oh yea, you're right. They're so special they have their own family.

[@amalia1_]

@@fkin8shyt lol no they're apart of the dog family

[@kingdedede584]

Everybody be talking about the elephant, but lets appreciate the fact that the hyneas and vultures are cleaning up whats left

[@vladlenterezhe2275]

This place will be well fertilized, it is interesting to look at the growth of grass later.

[@TheLineCutter]

Vultures: There's nothing left on that carcass Hyena: *Hold my beer*

[@jricchezrags2riches92]

finsclapping 😂😂😂😂

[@oscarleonsr]

🙉🙉🙉

[@centonzn4381]

Leopard:Drinks beer

[@revanthganesh3808]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MoistDelta.]

*Hold my bone

[@DS-kd4py]

Leopard is basically Gordon Ramsay.. HOW LONGS THAT BEEN THERE???

[@Kevin-hn7en]

💀

[@michelles1422]

You donkey!!. Love Ramsay.😁

[@rrt4511]

LAST WEEK??!!! ITS ROTTEN!!!!

[@AB-ou8ve]

“Tastes bland.”

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

It's raw! And rotten! It's RAWTON

[@teamrocfan]

What an absolutely incredible video photography piece. It’s so wild, brutal, raw and beautiful. Nature is amazing

[@34Zero]

Leopard was like... yeah, I ain't touching street food.

[@Leroid_Footlong]

Nature always cleans her plate

[@Ten-ol7nc]

What a beautiful line.

[@carancole5974]

@@Ten-ol7nc yet grim

[@spiciestt6136]

Not in winter tho, nature hates the winter.

[@Psychotechmusichead]

spiciestt why did she make it then?

[@effortcivilengineersinteri3784]

Who is...... "her"?

[@gregorymurphy3234]

An least he died of natural causes and not by poachers

[@oofmcoofy6769]

*Meanwhile a poacher with a bloody sword giggles at distance*

[@nickiminajonetta6167]

Gregory Murphy or d i d h e ?

[@oofmcoofy6769]

Elephants have roamed the earth longer than modern humans have, and they mostly can't use any tools other than grabbing a stick or even a hose if given chance. Poachers are modern human beings with clothes, which is a human made invention and they mostly use guns, which is another highly unnatural invention. To get a gun, one needs to buy the gun from a gun shop. For the gun shop to get a gun to sell, they have to order it from a factory, and for a factory to produce a gun, they need to order minerals from mineshafts all around the world to get brass, steel, both being alloys mixed from other minerals. Guns also have iron and aluminum, which is not usually found in the nature other than in meteors. For guns to be deadly, they need bullets which use different materials, such as copper to hold the other materials in the case, steel for the bullet, coal or sulfur for the primer, and gunpowder, which is yet another mix of different stuff to launch the bullet. In short, elephants are natural beings, humans are too but their inventions are not.

[@uonlosudlq3316]

Oof McOofy I love your comment and profile picture 😂

[@oofmcoofy6769]

Thanks, the profile picture is a reaction image on 4chan, more specifically /b/ thread

[@akhil__dev]

If we are born again, I wish to become an elephant. Such majestic and honorable creatures. Never knew they mourned their loved ones.

[@theleafjuice]

Lmao they aren’t as intelligent as humans and you want to be hunted by lions?

[@Justin-pe9cl]

@@theleafjuice Or shot by poachers.

[@sahild6584]

Lol

[@michellecarino7381]

There are so well loved..they love there kind respect and care for each other.

[@familyfree2994]

So for a whole week, the body was a cafeteria campsite for all animals 🤔

[@hat880]

Not the leopard

[@theczar3290]

😅

[@rushokim]

😅 lolz

[@alexandersveryown4760]

Basically a supermarket

[@TrentEngineFan]

It's incredible how they have a "ritual" to mourn their dead. Elephants are incredibly smart and majestic creatures. Edit: Never expected to start a fight in my replies. Is anyone capable of giving a simple "I agree with you" or "IKR"? Why does everything have to be a fight?

[@thesecretbat1556]

@@UmarKhan-qo6hd i have never seen a hindu worshipping elephant.. its just one of our god the lord ganesha has the face of an elephant which happened after his father shiva be headed him and attached an elephant face onto his body..

[@Swalexbass]

Those elephants have more heart than some human beings like some of my colleagues.

[@sirnolacketh2176]

@@UmarKhan-qo6hd You do know Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world right. Who are you to tell them they’re worshiping the wrong thing. Stfu bigot.

[@thor8433]

@@UmarKhan-qo6hd because we respect our nature not like you respecting a non-existent Ghost Allah created by a human

[@nameusertag]

@@thesecretbat1556 In my people, we worship elephants too

[@elisabetesabino8106]

OLHA A TRISTEZA DOS ELEFANTES EM VER SEU FAMILIAR DESTRUÍDO. AMOR VERDADEIRO E INCONDICIONAL.

[@mattiabonora2894]

Incredible, we got a lot to learn from animals ♥️

[@Riley_Kayote]

Really?… Like what?

[@kokizag]

It's so sad how they mourn their loved one's 😭

[@kokizag]

@ThexMongoloidxFreak HAHAHA that's a good one 😁 the thing is that it's autocorrect that you would have the issue with, so I suppose you must be a English proffesor, and the txt spelling system on IPhones have been incorrect this whole time 😒

[@kokizag]

@ThexMongoloidxFreak dude don't be stuburn, all IPhone's auto correct wether it's beginning middle or end. If it's more than one buddy boy, it has a apostrophe! BTW it's not spelled setance, it's spelled "sentence" 👌

[@skeetstreet3389]

@ThexMongoloidxFreak *it's

[@puyearprod.929]

@ThexMongoloidxFreak Yeah because autocorrect is notoriously always right.

[@mhm77887]

@ThexMongoloidxFreak just let it go dude. You're being annoying.

[@MichaelJayValueInvesting]

All the vultures patiently waiting their turn in the lunch line

[@bigtime9597]

Must be a high school...

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@bigtime9597 lol

[@TheSambo195]

i cant believe i just found you here, youtube must have some algorithim since you watched this video, it came up in my feed XD.

[@111jkjk]

They so cute

[@vxz1357]

Michael Jay - Value Investing vultures can be very patient

[@surajs8762]

These scavangers play most vital role in ecosystem, they get food & they clean our environment, great creatures...

[@diontaedaughtry974]

The Elephant's death was very sad but helpful to so many others.🐘

[@COJA_10]

The way it looked when they ate his inside completely out but his body was still in tact the hyena just casually walked inside like it was a cave full of snacks

[@Sheed96]

Lmao

[@raggedynomo1974]

LOL😂😂😂

[@dmlp103]

Me standing in the fridge doorway like

[@noahcoronado6807]

That rhyme lol

[@theoddeye1413]

Me walking into my friends kitchen like:

[@marzya8013]

6:15 Aww the elephants come back and just see bones 😭

[@ankit45das]

That was its soul😱☠

[@misteriousguy304]

They didn't comeback. It's a new squad of elephants passing by.

[@edwardxie7624]

@@misteriousguy304 Just curious how do you know that

[@jonathantorres9897]

John Rowee Salazar how would you know that though...

[@deenibeeniable]

Daphne Sheldrick (founder of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust) says elephants will repeatedly visit the bones of an elephant family member who has died.

[@edcoad4930]

Just amazing how intelligent they are.

[@KingDenominator]

It's amazing how life is, you start from the Earth and return to it.

[@AMAN-pw2bd]

1 body goes to more than 1000 bodies. R.I.P 🐘

[@pieguywithafry]

ARDESHEER MIRZAEE DEEZGARANEE over a billion

[@koreailoveyou]

yes, thats nature and always fairness.

[@ChaosBW]

Millions and millions of insects I'm sure As well as plant life from all juices that go into the soil

[@pieguywithafry]

َ ٰ I was thinking billions of microbes etc

[@AMAN-pw2bd]

@Jere Jauhojärvi 👍 thanx 👍

[@redam.4943]

Imagine dying and getting t-bagged by others

[@Jetanium]

I call it “Call of Duty”

[@gujwdhufjijjpo9740]

You clearly haven’t played halo lol

[@johnboona4048]

Um, you do know even humans get t bagged when they die right? Maggots and bacteria eat our carcasses.

[@FrazzaJ2000]

@@johnboona4048 cremation. Check and mate.

[@johnboona4048]

@@FrazzaJ2000 check and mate what? millions of humans have already been eaten by maggots and bacteria.

[@frogglen6350]

Rest in peace big guy. You did the ecosystem a service

[@collinsidiagi132]

It's emotional how elephants show deep empathy and pay last respect to mourn their dead..

[@sonny2080]

Vultures are like "hey can you come back and make this hole a little bigger"

[@PankajKumar-zr3tv]

Hahaha

[@mrfoxydoodles]

its the cirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcle of life!!

[@spunkymonkey5256]

My thoughts exactly(except robin williams as Timon was singing it)

[@Rude_Boi]

Ahhhyaaahmulumalayyyy And it moves us alll!

[@klinxbleach9610]

No the triangle

[@KAYLA-jf1rz]

@Klinx Bleach omg you watched the new lion king 🥰

[@ErenYeager-nc7rf]

I was about to say that

[@arvindnaik6363]

So amazing that even after death that other elephants came to give respects

[@ScottParisi]

Absolutely incredible video. Nature is incredibly fascinating and self-sufficient when humans don't interfere.

[@intreoo]

Did anyone notice how in the time-lapse, another elephant came to the bones of the carcass and surrounded it before leaving a stick on top? I wonder if this is another ritual too. Regardless, elephants are such beautiful and intelligent creatures; seeing them mourn was hard.

[@kingk.2547]

Yes it Is I read a while back they'll leave things on dead elephants

[@yamyam9638]

Yeah i see it too i played it in 0.25 speed.

[@cheesetick1459]

6:16 for anyone wondering

[@OptimusPrime12190]

Good 👁!

[@tattipz]

@@yamyam9638 same

[@NaniMarquiz]

Dead elephant’s boss: “He’s still coming in at 3pm right?”

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

Dead😂😂bruh

[@domibryant2257]

@@lsd-rickb-1728 lol

[@warmbeergamingdude]

😂🤣💀 sounds like something my boss would say.

[@theassclown5438]

Lol

[@mithun_daa1]

This shows how other are dependent on others death

[@richperrotta1798]

Incredible, the besuty and empathic intelligence of these animals...better than we are.

[@curetonbenares9236]

Elephants are so smart and fascinating. It really is sad that they are endangered

[@veggieeater]

VERY sad

[@RKLIFE17]

They aren’t smart, that’s a very anthropomorphic thing to say

[@MrRohanThomas]

what? they're a pretty smart animal

[@jefferyschirm4103]

You can relax they are not endangered in any way.

[@dodo7983]

@@beauturton8782 smart comeback

[@r1c3clan45]

Watching timelapse in reverse be like: Scavengers build elephant from scratch

[@paulricherson3572]

That would actually be cool to watch

[@ahtghdrgetsh4879]

Elephant restoration from scratch Upd, as the most yt "restorators" do like

[@malthaelll]

LMFAO, dude this made me LOL hard.

[@kevinmunday5782]

😆😆

[@AriZABoy520]

😂😂😂

[@JayDonagh]

The Leopard: "Oooh what's this? Meh I'm too good for leftovers"

[@jimallen6362]

The leopard was thinking I can’t haul this up a tree 😂🤣

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Elephants are so so so so SO intelligent. And not just in like a problem solving way, but in a social, emotional way. It's incredible.

[@entr0pydee]

Fancy meeting you here.

[@abbyandchristina4124]

Humans are smart too

[@theKGB1000]

Fun drinking game: Take a shot every time he typed "so." Wasted in 5 minutes, guaranteed.

[@pettybetty2699]

Elephants are connected to the planet they are a word ABOVE intelligent

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

I mean it did get into a head butting match with another freaking elephant, that wasn’t the best move.

[@mv1991]

The earth is nothing but a big recycling center.

[@bearmocc]

+ Plastic !

[@ryli6073]

Matthieu Vonlanthen most of the plastic isn’t recycled soooo

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

ryli fisher Space has a lot of junk too that's not being recycled.

[@contremarfia3253]

First law of thermodynamics, no energy is created nor destroyed. Everything is recycled :)

[@contremarfia3253]

@de What does god have anything to do with the video?

[@carloscastVeVo]

The Leopard is like us humans at the supermarket when we see the label on the meat and realize that it has been seating there for a week.

[@vze21gwa]

The Leopard was like "No thanks Fam. I like my meat fresh!"

[@Bruh-vs1qv]

I had no idea that elephants were capable of mourning. That’s really fascinating!

[@HeIs580]

Yeah, they even show the bones to their kids, like... they might even know they'll die one day.

[@enzogeee]

You know if elephants can draw they can basically act like humans...

[@wonder777warrior6]

The Night they’re mammals and one of most advanced in mammals period. of course it does.

[@Bruh-vs1qv]

@@enzogeee Just because an animal can draw doesn't mean that they act like humans. Elephants will still kill you in the wild.

[@enzogeee]

@@Bruh-vs1qv wait it hought you were talking about elephants mourning... not killing us.

[@rexb3795]

6:15 there is always this one dude in the family who is informed late about the loss of the relative

[@flexsebastian525]

😂😂😂

[@saadelfihri5686]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ASh-hj3it]

6:16

[@XxJoyBoy14xX]

Nahh he was the killer🥶

[@saivenkatesh1906]

Lmfao

[@cchung4725]

That’s the Ecosystem and Mother Nature taking its course. 🙏

[@vichusworld1501]

Who's here after LEO trailer 🤣🤣

[@Mac14329]

What about it?

[@petersothern2909]

nothing goes to waste in nature that elephant has fed many mouths

[@LFSPharaoh]

Not even nature lets a crisis go to waste.

[@furiouscommenter7338]

And beaks

[@timbactobros.7279]

vettel *mouths.. please read properly next time stupid.

[@furiouscommenter7338]

@@timbactobros.7279 WTF vettel is saying that a elephant can feed animals for 1 month not mouth analyze properly please

[@Professorsnype]

Why did I read this in frank Gallagher’s voice haha

[@kilurz8629]

Day 59: Bear Grylls: oh Look what we have here!

[@mv1991]

lmfao best comment

[@toxicmachine1895]

Your profile picture was my wallpaper for years. What’re the odds that I’d see it again?

[@kilurz8629]

@@toxicmachine1895 lmao

[@mayggrome]

@@toxicmachine1895 ooo

[@bearmocc]

omegalul xD

[@Casomyro1983]

6:15 Elephant Buddy be like: ,,Yep, he still dead"

[@haiderali-dj6cu]

I saw a friend after death . This was the real friend

[@DevonMarnier]

The elephant mourning was like Wake up! Please! Wake up!! 😢

[@1503Neptune]

Dat_dude_Dev it wasn’t that dramatic but ok

[@videogamesforfun9672]

1503Neptune rude it’s there opinion a

[@DevonMarnier]

1503Neptune 👍🏽

[@1503Neptune]

Akrovvdy330 Fortnite user ok fortnite user

[@birthdaycake32]

They knew it was dead, chill.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Really well-done. My wife hates all the scavengers, but without them, the earth would be covered in disease-ridden carcasses.

[@veganvoyage6549]

Divorce her

[@Heritagepostfarms]

You know bacteria is a thing right?

[@E-Tee]

@@veganvoyage6549 🤣😂

[@scuttledspatula8837]

Scavengers are a vital part of the ecosystem.

[@ma-yi9ye]

We do count as scavengers.

[@mikeveis9531]

It's very touching to mourn the death of one of their own.

[@hooker5669]

Elephant: *Trying to mate with the body* Narrator: He's mourning the loss of another elephant.

[@Matt00740]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking to see elephants grieving.

[@emmawieson2121]

It's heartbreaking to see any living thing grieving. Cats, elephants, humans, dogs, it's all sadness at the loss of something precious.

[@mariobros8340]

@@emmawieson2121okay, but still.. it is more heartbreaking to see an elephant grieve.

[@emmawieson2121]

@@mariobros8340 And it's equally heartbreaking to watch people and other animals grieve too. A loss is a loss and grief is grief. Elephants aren't special in that regard.

[@BenjaminMilekowsky]

If you don't mind sir..watch this while eating..

[@mariobros8340]

@@emmawieson2121 lol idc.. elephants still hurt more

[@RemingtonMK]

"Here's what happens when an elephant dies" I cry

[@vaibhav_nitesh]

Me too

[@lyndseydkhili8731]

♡

[@KGNYC112]

Remy Pearson lol Funny

[@denissemedina4619]

I’d cry if it was dead because of greedy humans need for its tusks , that’s unfair. But dying of natural causes?! Look how many animals benefited from it.

[@EA-dweller]

“Death is the ultimate expression of love.” I can see it.

[@Trishal04]

It's amazing how even elephants follow a culture after death of their family member.

[@rohancabral]

A hyena's belly is never full - Scar

[@SXI96]

Elephants are so intelligent compassionate, sensitive, and incredible, I absolutely love them 🐘 RIP to that poor elephant, but it played a vital role in sustaining nature's ecosystem, hopefully it enjoyed life while it was here 🙏

[@theycallmeluiz2079]

SXI96 rip my brother

[@sadpepe7937]

Yet it was one of his own who killed him... 😢

[@Chunkece]

SXI96 compassionate? He got killed by another elephant ha

[@gillean4408]

SXI96 a

[@coopercobb8867]

I’d eat an elephant

[@angelgirl7473]

Rest In Peace dear Elephant 🐘, may you be in Gods garden enjoying all the green leaves and fresh food you can eat ✝️🐘🕯

[@edwignatio2360]

they're so intelligent and gentle giant

[@markstar6315]

What are we doing fellas, how deep into KZbin have we gotten to see an elephant get eaten down the bone?

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

weve reached the apex of boredom

[@offeanan8306]

well i was watching a puppy video next thing i know is this

[@crocs.carmoisis]

It's good to inform yourself.

[@fadiebrhem7174]

Lmfaoooo

[@socjha6796]

How high.. lol

[@DiamondBlocks-yx4yb]

Elephant *dies* Other elephants: Funeral Scavengers: group picnic

[@johnnyrodriguez276]

This proves animals have a heart ..poor elephant