Grieving Pachyderms

Humans and elephants have been intermingling since time immemorial, so it’s a little surprising to discover that we’re still not entirely sure how our pachyderm friends deal with their dead. Oh, we’re pretty sure the mourn, and they appear to cover their pals with leaves and sticks, too. But those elephant burial grounds mentioned in Arabian Nights? Our mammoth mammal friends aren’t quite that picky.

In the course of pursuing our recent Sri Lanka obsession, Microkhan has been reading James Emerso