Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk Summary

When you think of an intelligent and social animal, what do you think of? A chimp, a dolphin, or a dog? Actually, an elephant can be included as well. Elephants have been proven to show cognitive abilities through a new experiment and study where they tested elephants to see if they would work together to gain food. Three pieces of information that talk about this incredible new study are the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Hand” by Virginia Morell, the video ”Elephants Shows Cooperation” presented by Discovery News. Although these selections talk about the same topic, they are different in many ways. The video is different from the two texts because of the differences in the information

Furthermore, in the last article, “Elephants Console Each Other.” Written by Virginia Morell. The purpose that the author wrote this is to inform the people that are reading this, with facts about how elephants console each other. I know this because in the passage it states. “They help baby elephants stuck in mud holes, use their trunks to ift other elephants that are injured or dying, and even reportedly reassure distressed individual elephants with a gentle touch of their trunk.” This was written for someone who wants to learn about elephant behaviour due to the evidence in the

Have you ever wondered how intelligent elephants are? I bet you guessed not very intelligent however, you would be wrong. Elephants are actually very intelligent. This is explained in the video Elephants Show Cooperation, the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, and a passage from the study “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”. These sources all explain an experiment involving Asian Elephants and teamwork activities. Although the video, article, and passage from the study all explain the same topic and experiment, the delivery of information is all very different which influence the reader’s understanding of the

Every hunter proceeded with the utmost caution. When an elephant was spotted, everyone stayed back as one of the lead hunters, Arumba, stepped up to take aim at the elephant. The first time, he was unsuccessful because the elephant galloped away right before he had a chance to strike, it took a few more hours to re-track the creature. When it was spotted again Arumba crept up with great stealth and ease and struck the elephant with the spear. Arumba's spear entered deep into the side of it's target. The elephant let out a screech of pain and galloped off again. The Mbuti hunters then followed the blood trail of the wounded elephant and waited for it to die. They followed this particular elephant for approximately two hours before it stopped running. Word was sent back to camp that an elephant was wounded and that they should be ready to move very soon. Later, the elephant was found again, swaying on it's feet fighting to stay alive. One of the hunters through a stick and hit the elephant in the head, it simply let out a yell, but did not move. "This animal is dead," said one of the hunters. They soon approached it and jabbed it lightly with the spear once more, it didn't even budge.

Elephant has long been known as one of man’s best friends, who have peacefully coexisted along with humanity for thousands of years. However, the relationship between the two is no longer in the equilibrium state. In “An Elephant Crackup?”, Charles Siebert discusses the downfall of the elephants. He gives a depiction of the recent raging and violent acts of the elephants among themselves and toward other species, including humans, and presents an educated and almost unexpected explanation to their behaviors. He says elephants are just like us; they have feelings and now are “suffering from a form of chronic stress, a kind of species-wide trauma”(Siebert 354). The similarity that should be something fascinating is now slowly turning them into the immensely savage beasts before wiping them out of existence. Even when the appearance of the words “stress” and “trauma” looks like a serious case of “anthropocentric conjecture”, it provides a totally new vision, a fresh way of looking at the boiling issue of the disappearance and sadistic acts of elephants specifically and wild animals at large. With the help of two powerful essays: “Great to Watch” by Maggie Nelson and “The Power of Context” of Malcolm Gladwell, the issue of the unusual behaviors of the elephants is thoroughly illuminated and its solution no longer seems to be out of human’s reach.

The official title of the world’s largest land dwelling animal belongs to the elephant, more specifically, the African elephant. Elephants also are some of the most deadly animals, which therefore increase the danger of human and elephant interactions. The more human interactions occur, the more deaths result, whether it is the elephant or the human who dies. These animals, surprisingly, are socially apt; their trunk is used for more than just eating and drinking- it is used for socializing. They are complex animals who live in large familial herds-females stay with their family throughout their entire lives while males only stay for approximately fifteen years (Elephant Protection, 1). Elephants possess a great memory and only forget what they learn occasionally and rarely, giving way to the “an elephant never forgets” saying (Maloiy, 178c). Despite how many people use the beloved saying, elephants may not be around much longer due to the shortened life span and increased mortality rates. Due to their incisor teeth, tusks, being extremely expensive and profitable, they are being murdered for the wealth they carry. This, coupled with the life span shortening because of malicious treatments and brutal practices reduces the life span of the African elephant from 56 to 16 years and the Asian elephant from 42 to 19 years (Elephant Protection, 1). According to what the statistics show, elephants may be following their ancestors to their death. Of the group of mammals called

Asian Elephants have been proven to be one of the smartest animals on the planet. There are various things that have been video recorded and scientifically tested to prove that animals can do human like things. Some of the things that elephants are capable of doing are identifying

“Asian elephants use touch and sound to console other elephants in distress, according to a new study.It's the first study to confirm that elephants comfort one another in difficult times, the researchers said. Along with humans, this type of behavior has been verified only in great apes, canines and a family of birds called corvids, which includes crows, ravens and blue jays.(source A)” Furthermore in articles “Elephants Console Each Other in Distress: Study” by Emory University, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk” by Virginia Morrell, and “Elephants Know when they need a helping trunk in a cooperative task” by Josh Plotnik they explain how elephants react when they need assistance or are in mental distress.It has been verified that elephants know when

The first thing that jumps out is the tuba placed where the elephant’s head should be. It looks very out of place, this big, brass, instrument. The only detail that stands out as different from a normal elephant is that ridiculously harsh-looking tuba. In place of a tusk is the mouthpiece. Why does this elephant only have one tusk? There are two more elephants in the background that also have tuba heads, but these don’t stick out as prominently as the one in front.

The article,“Elephants can lend a helping trunk”, and the video,”Elephants show cooperation,’’ Both showcase elephants working together to complete a task. The article describes how the task is done, and the video visually demonstrates the task. The video and article have both similarities and differences.

Most people think that elephants drink the water directly from their nose, but they actually blow the water into their mouth through the nostrils. The trunk also is used for preparing meals, and picking up objects and food. Elephants can also show their mood through their trunk. They are able to fend off other elephants of can use the trunk as a punching or thrusting weapon. Also, the tip of the trunk is different on both species. The African elephant has two “fingers” on the end and Asian elephants have one “finger” on the end of the trunk. However this does not make the Asian elephant any less skillful, but most of the time they approach many things differently.

The two authors Morrel and Plotnik have somewhat different styles while still maintaining a factual and scientific article about the research on elephants. They both talked about how the elephants learned to cooperate with each other in their articles. They talked about different experiments and evidence that proves that Elephants work together, but it many similar and different ways.

This time, the translucent buckets had 2 small holes on their lids and then were placed inside of larger metal baskets. Then there was a smaller orange bucket placed inside of the translucent bucket that contained the reward, which this time instead of just sunflower seeds, it was sunflower seeds mixed with pineapple. During the test experiment the bucket was baited with the lid secured so the elephant was only allowed an “investigation phase,” then the lids were opened and the elephants were allowed to choose called the “choice phase.” This went on for four sets of 10 experiments. The control was basically identical to the experimental test other than instead of two holes in the lids, there were none. The lids were just removed after the first

The book entitled When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe is a fiction novel based in the capital of the Philippines called Manila. The book took place during World War II when the Japanese occupied the Philippines. The book was very interesting as the author, Holthe, made the reader feel as if he/she was experiencing the action. I liked the book because of its great explanation and because it was told in three different perspectives. I did not like the quick transitions into storytelling because I got a little confused while reading.

The behavior of different species of wildlife which are brought into the circus industry also varies, and they therefore require different living conditions. Observing the natural behavior of tigers versus lions illustrates this fact. Unlike tigers, which have a mainly solitary existence, lions are very social, and are really the only big cats which display this characteristic (Whitney). Furthermore, elephants have yet another type of lifestyle, and “form deep family bonds and live in tight matriarchal family groups” (Whitney). By looking at just these few select animals, one can see that they all require different treatment based on their natural predilections. Tigers may be comfortable to exist in solitude with the circus, but a lion would be more accustomed to travelling with his pride, not alone, a sentiment which would be shared my an elephant used to being with a family. Moreover, separate from their preferences for company, both tigers and lions are extremely territorial and are usually in charge