I was about ten years old when I made the discovery that animals weren’t all they seemed in pictures and in stories. I used to beg my parents to take me to the zoo at every opportunity as watching animal behaviour was utterly enthralling to me and still is. On one particular weekend jaunt, we were at Dudley Zoo and we went to the ubiquitous elephant house. We all know that due to their high intelligence that elephants mourn the loss of others which makes them a cut above the rest of the animal kingdom. We are also on their…
