Elephants' graveyard

The so-called elephant graveyard is a common myth about elephants.

During his lifetime, an elephant renewed his teeth six times. After about 60 years, the last teeth of the elephant are worn, so that the older animals usually retire in swampy areas where softer lining material grows. Due to the higher concentration of old and weak animals in these areas even more elephants die in a smaller space, so the misconception arose, elephants would be issued to die at a specific place, the elephant graveyard.

The design of the elephant graveyard is found in the Tarzan films of Tarzan, Tarzan - the Ape Man and The Lion King. Also in other adventure stories such cemetery is often aim enterprising ivory dealer.