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Enticed by jackfruit, Asian elephants in Thailand were able to solve three differently configured puzzle boxes to snag their prize.

Enticed by jackfruit, wild Asian elephants were able to unlock three different puzzle boxes at Thailand's Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary.

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 types of puzzles available.

World Elephant Day 2023: Elephants have a brain-to-body mass ratio that is comparable to that of humans, and they have a number of cognitive abilities that are similar to ours.