elephants
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It’s Not Just You and Your Friends: Some Elephants Are Better at Puzzle Solving Than Others
Just like people, some elephants might have more of a knack for puzzles than others, new research this week suggests. The study of wild Asian elephants at an animal sanctuary found that only some were willing and able to solve a puzzle box that offered food as a reward, and even fewer cracked all three…
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Indian Temple Uses Robot Elephant to Curb Animal Cruelty
A robotic elephant was donated to the Sree Krishna Temple in India to protect wild animals from captivity and unnecessary cruelty.
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Ancient Elephants Quickly Shrank Into Dwarfs on the Island of Sicily, DNA Suggests
Tens of thousands of years ago, so-called dwarf elephants inhabited the island of Sicily off the coast of Italy. Apparently, it didn’t take long for these elephants to shrink after their arrival on the island. New research suggests that the 9 tonne behemoths that originally came to Sicily slimmed down quickly, losing as much as…
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A Massive Elephant Herd Has ‘Taken Everyone by Surprise’ in Its Return to Virunga National Park
In a rare sign that not everything is terrible, elephants are returning to Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.