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Elephant cultural traditions and transmission -- very largely, not only, matrilineal 'When old elephants disappear from their communities,... so does their culture, the knowledge that is gained with age and transferred across generations. “They usually do survive when the elders are gone,” she says. “But many more nuanced aspects of their behavior may be lost.” This imperils not just elephants themselves, but also the animals and people they live alongside.' https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/elephant-survival-skills-generation