one elephant of Odisha, India, revolted against a Hunter and trampled her to death. Days later, he attacked the 70yearold woman’s funeral and vandalized her home.
According to research by Indian media, the dead woman’s name was Maya Murmu. she pretended Hunter and had gone to fetch water when she was trampled by the animal.
The village was destroyed by an attack by elephants who may have been taking revenge for the death of a calf
The woman belongs to a group of hunters, the report said
According to local police, the woman was taken to the hospital and did not survive severe injuries from the trampling. Days later, during Maya’s funeral, the elephant returned with a herd of 10 animals and trampled on Murmu’s coffin. Two other people were injured.
“We were horrified when we witnessed the herd of elephants on Thursday evening. We’ve never had such a wild herd of elephants before,” witnesses told Indian media.
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An investigation by Odisga TV revealed that the woman was part of a group of hunters who killed one of the elephant’s calves.
Check out the ruins of Raipai village where the burial took place after the elephant attack:
An elephant trampled a woman to death in the village of Raipal #Odisha on June 9th. The herd attacked the village again when they were taken for cremation that same evening. #Video pic.twitter.com/2joAYhDw2n
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elephant memory
According to experts, elephants have an extremely developed frontal cortex. The large brain filled with neurons is the reason for the “elephant memory”, which is not a myth. In fact, pachyderms have incredible individual memory abilities.
“Elephants collect and preserve social and ecological knowledge, and they remember the smells and voices of individuals from other migration routes, special places and learned skills for decades,” explains Petter Granli from the NGO ElephantVoices, which focuses on the protection of elephants Animals focused the UOL website.
In addition, Odisha province is known for conflicts between elephants and humans. According to IndoAsian News Service, India’s leading news agency, In the past seven months, 46 elephants have been killed in the region. Since the beginning of the century, more than a thousand animals have been killed in hunting in the state.