Why did researchers underestimate elephant intelligence for decades?
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According to Scientific American, researchers of the past tried to test elephant intelligence with similar stick puzzles they had used with chimpanzees. However, all this proved was that elephants have poor eyesight. When experiments more tailored to an elephant’s sense of smell were employed, they found that elephants were “adept tool users and cooperative problem solvers.”
Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images
Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images
Why did researchers underestimate elephant intelligence for decades?
- The research experiments relied on elephant eyesight too much
- The elephants
- “Elephants never forget” is too exaggerated
- They kept getting distracted by mice during experiments
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