Elephant Behavior and Emotional Understanding

The video explores the emotional depth of elephants, particularly their ability to experience sorrow and grief. It showcases a family of elephants in Kenya's Ambeli National Park encountering the bones of their matriarch. The elephants gather around the bones, touch them with their feet, and exhibit behaviors that suggest a deep emotional connection and understanding of death. Scientists confirm that elephants have complex emotions and a sense of mortality, as demonstrated by their grieving rituals.

What is the initial reaction of the elephant family upon encountering the bones of their matriarch?

• They run away from the bones.

• They start playing with the bones.

• They gather around the bones in a defensive circle.

• They ignore the bones.

What do the elephants do after gathering around the bones?

• They start fighting with each other.

• They bury the bones.

• They turn the bones over and feel every crevice.

• They leave the area immediately.

How do elephants interact with the bones using their feet?

• They kick the bones away.

• They touch the bones with their hind feet.

• They ignore the bones with their feet.

• They stomp on the bones.

What do scientists believe about elephants based on their behavior with bones?

• Elephants have no understanding of emotions.

• Elephants are indifferent to death.

• Elephants are only interested in food.

• Elephants experience deep emotions and have some understanding of death.

What does the behavior of elephants with bones suggest about their emotional capacity?

• They have a complex emotional life.

• They are purely instinctual creatures.

• They are only interested in survival.

• They do not recognize their own kind.