Elephants Smell Out Differences in Quantity

An elephant at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Image courtesy of Hoi-Lam Jim (Vetmeduni Vienna, Vienna, Austria).

A new study finds that elephants can discriminate between two quantities of food using only their sense of smell. The study is an example of the move towards more species-specific, ecologically valid cognition tests and could have applications in conservation.

Read more at my Animal Minds blog: Elephants Smell Out Differences in Quantity.