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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 25 2007 | news, animals, south asia, india, elephants
    BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Indian elephants 'electrocuted'

    so sad. redot

    Quoted: Six elephants are electrocuted and killed the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, local wildlife officials say.

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 03 2006 | news, science, elephants, nature
    Mirror test suggests elephants are self-aware - Science - MSNBC.com

    redotted from anjali.

    Quoted: A 34-year-old female Asian elephant named Happy showed researchers that pachyderms can recognize themselves in a mirror — a highly complex behavior previously known in ...

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 25 2006 | science, elephants, animals, news
    New Scientist Breaking News - Why elephants avoid the high road

    fascinating. even though elephants are more than capable of going uphill, they avoid it.

    Quoted: As large animals, elephants have a relatively efficient baseline metabolism - they do not use up many extra calories during a gentle stroll. But this also means that even moderate physical exertion uses up a large proportion of the total calories they consume.

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    3 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 01 2005 | india, elephants, news

    Quoted: In India's north-eastern state of Assam, groups of tame elephants are being used to control wild herds.

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