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The origin of the trope is not certain. While elephants do not "look" for a place to die, during periods of famine, they will gather around sources of food and water, and as those get depleted, die there. It is also noted that older elephants whose teeth have worn out seek out soft water plants and eventually die near watering hole, perhaps also causing this myth.
Another possible reason is that elephants are the only species (outside of humans, corvids and Neanderthals) to have shown death rituals. Elephants recognize elephant skeletons for what they are, and will rub the bones with their trunks. Elephants unrelated to the deceased have been noted to visit the graves. [[The Other Wiki]] has [
In [[Speculative Fiction Tropes|speculative fiction]], it's not rare for elephant to be substituted for some very big creature, giving us "Dragon Graveyards" or "[[Space Whale]] Graveyards" or something similar.
Contrast with [[Derelict Graveyard]], the machine counterpart. See also [[Creepy Cemetery]].
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