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Elephants Use Smell of Fear to Sort Friend from Foe

sciam.com — They say elephants never forget, but their brainpower does not stop there. A new study suggests that pachyderms can distinguish threatening groups of people from those who mean them no harm.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 21, 2007

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  • UMDWei, on 10/21/2007, -0/+12Now can someone find out how animals are able to predict the tsunami and/or earthquakes? Maybe using those techniques will be cheaper than to spend millions using sophisticated technologies.
  • rhylan, on 10/21/2007, -2/+13I use my sense of smell to avoid smelly people
  • hirshi, on 10/21/2007, -2/+12Fear smells like soiled trousers.
  • Jakkukun, on 10/22/2007, -2/+10Project mayhems next homework: Spray all elephants with fabreeze.
  • h4mx0r, on 10/21/2007, -1/+6Who generally happen to be my enemies. I must be an elephant man!
  • reeder, on 10/23/2007, -0/+4One of the most interesting aspects of elephants is their ability to use low frequency sounds, which can travel 4+ miles, to alert others about approaching danger. Amazing creatures.
  • TantrooM, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2That makes the Republican symbol even more ironic. They forget things quickly and lash out at the wrong things.
  • davidlow, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1Granma! What a big nose ya got!
  • hutectro, on 10/24/2007, -1/+2That is sure funny i do the same thing when trying to find a girl to have sex with.
  • staffrocket, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1But do mice smell fear in elephants or is it just obvious?
  • Funktastic, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1I respectfully submit that this research is an order of magnitude more interesting than elephants shouting ability.
  • anaesthetica, on 10/21/2007, -1/+1I use the same strategy in internet flamewars
  • SirZRX, on 10/21/2007, -1/+1i want that gene on me!
  • BalsamLane, on 10/22/2007, -5/+4Scratch-n-sniff or it didn't happen.
  • Damian91, on 10/22/2007, -3/+2Maybe they should give Bush a sniff
  • eagle123, on 10/21/2007, -5/+2I think that almost all the animals, use smell to avoid enemies
  • UMDWei, on 10/21/2007, -7/+2Now can someone figure out how animals are able to sniff out tsunamis and earthquakes? Maybe using those senses will be cheaper and more accurate than the sophisticated technologies.
  • Hoogs, on 10/21/2007, -7/+2I always had a feeling that elephants are dang smart.

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