The astonishing proof that elephants grieve as deeply as we do...

To , the bull elephant Abu was a natural in front of the cameras, a born pro. The Hollywood star-turned-director called him ‘one-take Abu’.

Rescued from a wildlife park in and given a new life in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the giant tusker appeared in Eastwood’s acclaimed 1990 movie White Hunter Black Heart plus a succession of films and TV shows, as well as an advert.

But to a three-year-old orphan elephant named Mafunyane, Abu played a different role. He was a father figure to the youngster, who followed him everywhere and copied whatever he did.

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