"I believe the elephant may have been trying to ingest wood charcoal," WCS India scientist and elephant biologist Varun Goswami said in a statement. "She appeared to be picking up pieces from the ...

“I believe the elephant may have been trying to ingest wood charcoal,” said Dr. Varun Goswami, WCS India scientist and elephant biologist. “She appeared to be picking up pieces from the ...

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A video of a wild elephant in India exhaling ashes has stumped experts worldwide as it is the first document of what appears to be a pachyderm “smoking.” The video was shot in 2016 by Vinay ...

In the video the female elephant, standing near a carpet of charcoal from a burnt forest floor, seemingly ingests the charcoal. It then exhales the ashes - which appear as puffs of smoke - before ...

The elephant "appears to ingest charcoal" left by a controlled fire on the ground and "blow out the ashes", according to the statement. "What we saw that day almost appeared as though the elephant ...