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"There are a lot of genetics being lost every time a male elephant passes away and hasn't had him samples taken from him."

New research shows that Asian mourning elephant mothers, similar to their African counterparts, mourn their deceased by carrying the dead calf in their trunks for days or sometimes weeks.

Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes carrying their lost infants for days or weeks.

Samples from various animals at the zoo were tested after several lions fell ill. The two infected hyenas are believed to be the first in the world to contract COVID-19.

There appears to be a COVID-19 outbreak at zoos in Colorado and Utah.

Eleven lions at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus.

However, it has an upside!

Multiple prides of lions at two separate U.S. zoos - in Colorado and Utah - have tested positive for COVID-19s delta variant, the animal sanctuaries said late on Monday.

Officials with the Denver Zoo said on Monday that 11 African lions have tested positive for COVID-19.

All 11 of the African lions living at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the zoo announced Monday.