Six elephants died while trying to save each other after a baby elephant fell from a waterfall in a Thai national park, officials said.
Staff at Khao Yai National Park, about 85 miles northeast of Bangkok, found the roughly 3-year-old baby elephant drowned on Saturday. Five more dead elephants also were discovered at the bottom of Haew Narok Waterfall, according to the Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
Elephants are sympathetic animals that have been known to help each other when they are distressed. They also show something resembling grief when one of their own dies.
Khao Yai is Thailand’s third-largest national park. Haew Narok, the park’s tallest waterfall, has three tiers that total about 492 feet. Elephants are common nearby.
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