Social learning in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana africana)
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2013Journal title
Animal CognitionVolume
16Issue
3Begin page
459End page
469
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http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10071-012-0586-7Abstract
…Social learning is assumed to be important for elephants, but evidence in support of that claim is mostly anecdotal. Using a herd of six adult female African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana africana) at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park, we evaluated whether viewing a conspecific’s interactions facilitated learning of a novel task….Type
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10.1007/s10071-012-0586-7
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