Wildlife researchers have gained an intimate look an elephant family with a clever set of tools: GPS receivers on the animals to track their movements, and chemical analyses of their tail hairs to get detailed histories of their diet. The tail hairs of the family known as "the Royals," led by three sisters called Victoria, Anastasia, and Cleopatra, show that the family roams Kenya's savanna in search of resources, and sometimes gets out-competed. Lead researcher Thure Cerling described the Royals as
"one of the dominant families, like the cheerleaders in high school. They camp out in the best places, where the food and water are best" [Deseret News].
But human settlers with cattle still win out over the Royals.
Your hair is what you eat. As it grows, hair incorporates carbon, hydrogen and other elements from food and water. So a single strand is like a core sample: chop it ...
