Elephants Now Gang Up In Human-Dominated Areas

By Bill Andrews
Jul 4, 2019 1:00 PMDec 24, 2019 5:41 AM
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Elephants might be popular in zoos and older kids’ TV shows, but they’re not doing so great in the wild. Asian elephants are classified as endangered, thanks in large part to human activity. But the big beasts are brainy, and they’re trying apparently trying new things in the face of these changing conditions to survive and even thrive.

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