Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch

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Taking the Elephants' Perspective: Remembering Elephant Behavior, Cognition and Ecology in Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation (2018, background): “, 2011), and there are several anecdotal examples from wild studies of specific targeted helping behaviors in relation to deceased conspecifics and empathy (McComb et al., 2005; Douglas-Hamilton et al., 2006; Bates et al., 2008a).”
Do Elephants Show Empathy (2008, background): “Nevertheless, as evidenced by a few of our records, adult elephants do sometimes help individuals who are not related to them; thus, not all empathic behaviour may be linked to kinship, and may represent a more generalized response to distress (Douglas-Hamilton et al 2006).”
Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy. (2008, background): “Elephants are known to reassure distressed companions (Payne 1998, Poole 1996) and to support or lift up others too weak to stand (Hamilton-Douglas et al. 2006, Joubert 1991).”