Walking in a line - not dissimilar to a funeral procession - both young and mature elephants gather around the carcass. During these memorials, the animals have been known to repeatedly pass the deceased fellow herd member - even sometimes smelling and touching the dead body. Chimpanzees have also been repeatedly observed engaging in similar pratices. (Image: Center for Whale Research)Magpies have been observed burying their dead under twigs of grass. The peccaries visited the dead body repeatedly, nuzzling it and biting at it, as well as sleeping next to it.

Source: Daily Mirror June 08, 2019 21:56 UTC