Touch-Carcass-with-Trunk

Using the trunk to investigate or touch a dead elephant or its bones.

References: Bere 1966; Sikes 1971; Croze 1971; Douglas-Hamilton 1972: 152; Douglas-Hamilton & Douglas-Hamilton 1975; Moss 1988; Moss 1992: 58, 60; Spinage 1994; Poole 1996: 98, 160, 161; Payne 2003; Poole & Granli 2003; Douglas-Hamilton et al 2006; McComb et al 2006; Merte et al 2008; Goldenberg & Wittemyer 2019 [Explore-Touch, Touch]. (Full reference list)

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