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Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don't usually peel them first in the way humans do. A new report published in the journal Current Biology on April 10, however, shows that one very special Asian elephant named Pang Pha picked up banana peeling all on her own while living at the Berlin Zoo
The female elephant most likely learned the unusual peeling behavior from watching her caretakers peel bananas for her, the study authors report. The findings in a single elephant show that elephants more broadly have special cognitive and manipulative abilities, they say.
Two giant pandas to be taken to Berlin zoo for 15-year research mission Two giant pandas to be taken to Berlin zoo for 15-year research mission For A 15-year Research Mission, Two Giant Pandas In China Will Be Taken To Berlin Zoo From Southwestern Sichuan Province. PTI | Updated on: 23 Jun 2017, 11:22:23 PM Beijing: For a 15-year research mission, two giant pandas in China will be taken to Berlin zoo from southwestern Sichuan province. Meng Meng and Jiao Qing will be accompanied on Saturday by two Chinese keepers, Berlin Zoo's senior vet, 1,000 kilograms of bam...