Elephants Ask for a Helping Trunk

Elephants are smart, social animals. And now we know that they can organize themselves into teams to accomplish tasks. A research team that included renowned primatologist Franz de Waal taught 12 Thai elephants–who already work with human trainers called mahouts–to get a bowl of food by pulling a rope attached to an out-of-reach table

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Elephants Ask for a Helping Trunk