Here’s something you never thought you would see: A wild Asian elephant on a smoking break in the woods. OK, it may be not a smoking break, but the animal was caught exhibiting “unusual behaviour” when she was seen ingesting charcoal and blowing out the ashes. The conservation team had set up cameras throughout Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka, south-west India, as part of a long-term study into tiger and prey populations. As Kumar and his team set out to find what the cameras had spotted along the trail, they came face to face with the incredible sight. He concluded that the elephant was eating wood charcoal left after a fire, and had blown away the ashes through her trunk.

Source: Irish Examiner March 28, 2018 08:26 UTC