"What's left to discover? (about elephants)
A lot. A huge part of the elephant world depends on odour but we know little about it. We know they have a very good sense of smell but it's very hard to capture all that's going on in a wild ecosystem. Empathy is another area where we have clues but know little. One day, Joyce Poole saw a family approach an electric fence, and when a young elephant reached out for the wire, an older female looked alarmed, waiting for it to get zapped. Her posture and blinking eyes showed she was wincing. But to know more, we'll need better experiments we can do in the wild, which is a great challenge."
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A lot. A huge part of the elephant world depends on odour but we know little about it. We know they have a very good sense of smell but it's very hard to capture all that's going on in a wild ecosystem. Empathy is another area where we have clues but know little. One day, Joyce Poole saw a family approach an electric fence, and when a young elephant reached out for the wire, an older female looked alarmed, waiting for it to get zapped. Her posture and blinking eyes showed she was wincing. But to know more, we'll need better experiments we can do in the wild, which is a great challenge."
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