Elephants Show Different Behavior Without Elders
Researchers found that young elephants raised without elders in South Africa's Kruger National Park exhibit heightened testosterone and aggression. Decades later, their behavior differs from those raised with elders.
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WBUR Boston
“of heightened testosterone and aggression. Now decades later, researchers have found that elephant youths conduct themselves differently if they were raised without elders.”
WBUR Boston
“And I think a lot of that is driven by changes in the climate. What are the implications of all of these things that we've found out? but there's actually an increasing emphasis, I think, on the importance of elderly individuals, not just in elephants, but across the whole host of different animals”
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