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> I wonder what mental things are easy for an elephant but hard for a human? Controlling an articulated trunk with tens of thousands of muscles for one.
by c22 11y ago
> I wonder what mental things are easy for an elephant but hard for a human?
Controlling an articulated trunk with tens of thousands of muscles for one.
- crpatino 11y agoYes, and probably lots of spatial-intelligence in general. Memory is also attributed to them by folk lore, but that's debatable. Due to their body size, elephants need to move around a lot for forraging and, in the African Savahna at least, find water. The survival of the pack often depends on the matriarch ability to navigate through land they have not visited in many years, and finding all the scarse watersprings without the benefit of navigation instruments.