The "elephant graveyard" myth refers to a popular but unfounded belief that elephants instinctively know where to go to die, a place known as the elephant graveyard. Though this myth has been widely perpetuated in various forms of media, there is no scientific evidence to support the existence of such a place. The myth likely originated from observations of elephant graveyards where multiple elephant skeletons are found together, but this is more likely due to elephants dying in groups near water sources during times of drought or old age.
