An Asian elephant turned detective sniffing out a stash of opium hidden in the undergrowth of a forest in the southwestern province of Yunnan, China. The event was captured in a video that has since made waves on the Chinese social media platform, Weibo, earning the elephant the title of a secret agent in China’s ongoing battle against drug trafficking.
The video, which has been viewed over 200 million times, follows a group of four elephants ambling through a forest path. Suddenly, one breaks away from the rest, seemingly intrigued by something concealed in the grass. The elephant then uses its trunk to carefully inspect the ground, eventually tossing a black rucksack behind it and trumpeting loudly, as if announcing its discovery.
China National Radio reported that this incident unfolded while police officers were patrolling the…
