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  2. Elephants Not Allowed to Petition for Release in the U ... - AOL

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    Some researchers contend that captivity at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, among other zoos, has harmful emotional and neurological impacts on elephants. Elephants need larger spaces to ...

  3. Elephant cognition - Wikipedia

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    An elephant brain weighs around 5 kg (11 lb), which is about four times the size of a human brain and the heaviest of any terrestrial animal. It has about 257 billion neurons , which is about three times the amount of neurons as a human brain.

  4. The Science Behind the Incredible Long-Term Memory of Elephants

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    An elephant never forgets might be an exaggeration, but elephants actually have the largest brains of all land mammals. An adult elephant’s weighty brain reaches nearly 11 pounds- that’s 8 ...

  5. Captive elephants - Wikipedia

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    An elephant painting A temple elephant being washed at a Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Elephant from Wirth's Circus in a Sydney street parade (1938). Elephants have the largest brains of all land animals, and ever since the time of Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, [13] have been renowned for their cognitive skills, with behavioural patterns shared with humans.

  6. Behavioral enrichment - Wikipedia

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    An Asian elephant in a zoo manipulating a suspended ball provided as environmental enrichment. Behavioral enrichment is an animal husbandry principle that seeks to enhance the quality of captive animal care by identifying and providing the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physiological well-being. [1]

  7. War Elephants: Psychological Warfare and Combat Strategies in ...

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    They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male 60-year-old elephants were considered the ideal age and gender for military ...

  8. African elephant - Wikipedia

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    They are among the world's most intelligent species. With a mass of just over 5 kg (11 lb), the elephant brain is larger than that of any other terrestrial animal. The elephant's brain is similar to a human brain in terms of structure and complexity; the elephant's cortex has as many neurons as that of a human brain, [43] suggesting convergent ...

  9. The Complex Emotional Lives of Elephants: Joy, Grief ... - AOL

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    Elephants are remarkably intelligent. They use tools, engage in cooperative tasks, understand basic physics, and can even cheat and trick others.But beyond these incredible characteristics, some ...