By Luke Andrews For Mailonline
Published: 11:32 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 11:33 BST, 9 June 2019
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Grieving elephants have been seen carrying the body of a dead calf across a road, in scenes reminiscent of a 'funeral procession'.
The heart-breaking footage shows an Indian elephant walk out of the undergrowth holding the baby's lifeless body, before being followed by at least eight others.
It was uploaded to twitter by Indian Foreign Service forest ranger Parveen Kaswan.
Grieving elephants have been seen carrying the body of a dead calf across a road, in scenes reminiscent of a 'funeral procession'. (Pictured) An elephant, possibly the mother, is seen carrying the corpse across the road
She is then followed by a group of at least eight other elephants as they cross into a different area of the undergrowth
Distressing footage shows an Indian elephant, possibly the calf's mother, standing at the side of the road before laying down the motionless carcass.
She is joined by at least eight others, including three calves, who walk out of
