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Skyping with elephants: a new paradigm for education
Think Elephants, a Thailand-based organization that promotes conservation through education, published the results of a study that found that elephants could follow vocal commands telling them to find food hidden in one of two buckets. This suggests… …
Watch: Korean elephant ‘imitates human speech’ and has a vocabulary of several words
An elephant at a zoo in South Korea has learned to imitate human speech and has a vocabulary of several words, researchers said Friday. Koshik, a 22-year-old male Asian elephant at Everland zoo in Yongin, a city south of Seoul, greeted visiting journalists by “saying” choah (good) and nuo (lie…
Ugandan farmers fight elephant crop raids with beehive fences
Among the rolling volcanic hills in western Uganda lies Queen Elizabeth National Park, famed for its natural beauty and wildlife. The park’s varied fauna has spawned a productive safari industry. However, more recently, the animals have been destroying, rather than supporting, local people’s livelihoods. “Elephants from the park have raided…
Elephants terrorize villagers in Mozambique
Rampaging elephants are terrorising Mozambican villages near the Zimbabwe border, attacking people, trampling crops and scaring children, state-run newspaper Noticias reported Wednesday. “We are using traditional ways to try to scare the animals, but all in vain, because whenever we do something, the monsters disappear for a few days, and when they…
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