you know that elephants are one of the smartest species on earth? According to the articles “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk” by Virginia Morell‚ "Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” by Joshua M. Plotnik‚ and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” presented by Discovery News‚ a recent experiment done by a team of scientists in Thailand proved that this statement is indeed true. They determined this through an experiment that tested Asian elephants’ cooperative skills
Premium Mammal Elephant English-language films
In the story of Babar an elephant who journeys from Africa to France and becomes well learned returns to his home in Africa and immediately becomes king to his predecessor ‚who was poisoned by a mushroom. Babar was granted king by an elderly elephant who seemingly knows a lot more than his companions. Cornelius the seemingly smart elephant ‚unlike the other elephants sports an eyeglass . Hinting that he is more civilized than the other elephants and that he must have traveled to a lot of places
Premium English-language films Family Power
Elephants are intelligent‚ gifted‚ and exquisite mammals that can figure out tasks by themselves or cooperatively. In the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”‚ the passage “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”‚ and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation”‚ the sources all argue that elephants are very shrewd animals that are capable of completing tasks. All of the sources say that elephants are considered to be cooperative‚ clever‚ prudent‚ and more. In the
Premium Elephant Human Primate
Elephants over the years have been one of the smartest mammals. Starting from being able to paint‚ now to be able to work together. In the article‚ "Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk" the author informs readers of a new task that Elephants are capable of. In a video called "Elephants Show Cooperation" the video shows viewers the task being completed. In the last passage‚ "Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task" this tells readers the procedure and setup of the task.
Premium Mammal Elephant English-language films
Trystan Tomco Mr. Stone English 110 12/03/13 Shooting an Elephant Essay George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant” to teach readers about imperialism and its effects on not only those ruled but also those charged with maintaining order above them. Orwell’s narrator is a British colonial official stationed in Burma who is charged with keeping the local populace from rioting. The officer speaks of how he is frightened by the Burmans and even by his own people rulers. Fear is one of the ways
Premium George Orwell Burma Shooting an Elephant
Color of Water Chapter Analysis Chapters: 13-14 The significance of these two chapters of the story revolves around the city of New York and how it fit in to both Ruth and McBride’s issues they had to deal with in their youth. Ruth’s experiences with the city were similar but yet different‚ then her son’s. When she visited New York she described it as “an eyepopper‚”(130) that consisted of so many “people rushing about‚”(130) that made it seem like everyone was “too busy to care about what
Premium English-language films Automobile American films
There are a few main reasons on why elephants are endangered. These reasons being the illegal killing of them‚ the destruction of their habitat‚ and unsustainable practices by humans. Many elephants are illegally killed for their ivory tusks. Because these tusks are sold for a great fortune‚ the killing of African elephants have become tantalizing and tempting. Once they’re killed and their tusks have been detached‚ their bodies are left there without a purpose to slowly decay. Unfortunately‚ you
Premium Hunting Endangered species Extinction
Delgrosso 1 Biology and Society 12/02/13 In the present day there exists two species of elephants. These two species have many relatives that have come before them and died out. Several of these species are Paleomastodon‚ Deinotherium‚ Gompotherium‚ Primelephas which is a direct ancestor to the modern day elephant‚ Stegadon‚ American mastodon‚ and wooly mammoth. All of these species are considered Proboscidea which are mammals that have trunks “proboscidea encompasses the trunked mammals”
Premium Elephant Asian Elephant
“Crash” Character Analysis Emily Nostrant SUNY Fredonia 2015 The character I chose to analyze was Jean Cabot‚ who was played by Sandra Bullock. I feel that she really embodies all the topics we have talked about in class so far. The first time we see her‚ she and her husband‚ are heading to their car. While walking she catches a glimpse of two African American males and holds on to her husband harder and gives them a slightly disgusted look. She thinks that because she is a white women
Premium Racism Race White people
No Exit Analysis of Characters Characters Garcin: Desire: All what Garcin wanted to do‚ is to show others that he is not a coward. He was also trying to convince himself that what he did is not a coward thing to do. Will: Garcin was lost; he thought he should persuade both Inez and Estelle in order to reach his main objective‚ he was lost and tried to convince Estelle till he realized it is Inez who should be convinced in order to reach his desire. Moral Stance: What really Garcin wanted
Premium Management Debut albums Love