Elephant

Elephant seals seem to have precise mental maps for navigating home

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Northern elephant seals seem to know how far they have travelled and when they need to head back towards the beaches where they breed Life 28 February 2022 By Chen Ly An adult female elephant seal on a beach at Año Nuevo State Park in California Dan Costa Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) return to … Read more

Movie-Making Tech Reveals Elephant Trunk Motions

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Elephants move their powerful trunks with precision and complexity, delicately picking up a single leaf as easily as they heft a log. But researchers have struggled to explain how, exactly, the trunks manage to do so. New research published in Current Biology eveals part of the answer, thanks to motion-capture technology typically used to make … Read more