After a matriarch elephant’s death, her dependent calf died within months and no sustained adoption or compensatory care was observed, disrupting the family group.
Evidence
What the death of a matriarch reveals about elephant society (Tsavo Trust)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Extreme misfortune can have cascading negative effects on families. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 21