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Opening doors may not seem that hard, but when you have a trunk instead of hands, things can get complicated. Researchers tested the problem-solving skills of wild elephants for the first time by tasking the jumbos with doing just that. Elephants are brainy. An adult elephant’s brain weighs 5 kilograms (11 pounds), the largest of […]
Submitted Content 5 hrs ago The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that three of its expert team members authored an article published in Animal Cognition, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, that highlights how Asian elephants can differentiate quantity by sound. The article was written by Rebecca J. Snyder, OKC Zooâs director of conservation and science; Lisa P. Barrett, OKC Zooâs postdoctoral fellow; Rachel A. Emory, OKC Zooâs curator of elephants and rhinos; and Bonnie M. Perdue at Agnes Scott College. New research in Animal Cognition shows that Asian elephant...