Editing Burial (section)

=== By other animals ===
Humans are not always the only species to bury their dead. [[Chimpanzee]]s{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} and [[elephant]]s are known to throw leaves and branches over fallen members of their family groups. In one instance, an elephant which trampled a human mother and child buried its victims under a pile of leaves before disappearing into the bushes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3818833.stm|title=Kenya elephant buries its victims|date=18 June 2004|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In 2013, a [[viral video]] caught a [[dog]] burying a dead puppy by pushing sand with its own nose.<ref>{{cite news | last =Brown | first =Emily | title =Dog buries puppy in viral video | newspaper =[[USA Today]] | date =25 June 2013 | url =http://usat.ly/12h9k4m | access-date = 26 June 2013 }}</ref> It is presumed, however, that since dogs retain the instinct to bury food, this is what is being depicted in the video.<ref>{{cite web | title =Why Dogs Dig and What You Can Do | website =[[WebMD]] | url =http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/why-dogs-dig-what-you-can-do | access-date = 1 May 2015 }}</ref> In social insects, ants and termites also bury their dead nestmates depending on the properties of the corpse and the social context.<ref>López-Riquelme, Germán & Fanjul-Moles, Maria. (2013). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260715254 The funeral ways of social insects. Social strategies for corpse disposal". Trends in Entomology. '''9'''. 71–129.]</ref> Laboratory rats had been observed using bedding material to bury dead conspecifics placed in their test chamber.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pinel |first1=John P. J. |last2=Gorzalka |first2=Boris B. |last3=Ladak |first3=Ferial |date=1981-11-01 |title=Cadaverine and putrescine initiate the burial of dead conspecifics by rats |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0031938481900482 |journal=Physiology & Behavior |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=819–824 |doi=10.1016/0031-9384(81)90048-2 |pmid=7323189 |issn=0031-9384}}</ref>