Touch-Carcass-with-Foot

Using a fore- or hind-foot to investigate or touch a dead elephant or its bones. This may include hovering a foot over the carcass.

References: Douglas-Hamilton 1972; Moss 1988; Moss 1992; Poole 1996; Payne 2003; Poole & Granli 2004 [Foot-Touch]; McComb et al 2006; Poole & Granli 2003; Poole & Granli 2011; O’Connell-Rodwell et al 2011; Goldenberg & Wittemyer 2019 [Touch]. (Full reference list)

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