Elephant caught 'smoking' on camera leaves scientists baffled. ... In the video, the mammal can been seen picking up lumps of charcoal with its trunk, placing the coal in its mouth, ...

"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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The wild Asian elephant in the video appears to ingest charcoal and blow out ash. “The video was taken in Nagarahole National Park when our team, comprising Mr. Kumar, Srikanth Rao and three ...

Cape Town - Seeing a smoke-breathing elephant is not your usual wildlife sighting out in nature. It sparks all sorts of strange questions, like why would an elephant be 'smoking' and what on earth ...

The elephant "appears to ingest charcoal" left by a controlled fire on the ground and "blow out the ashes", according to the statement. The Indians dying because of wild elephant selfies India ...

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 ...