How wild elephants solve puzzles may help humans resolve wildlife conflicts

Mongabay
Oct 31, 2023, 6:58 am198 pts
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…

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