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What is the main purpose of an elephant's sense of smell?
What is the main purpose of an elephant's sense of smell?
- To find a mate
- To protect themselves from predators
- To navigate to food and water sources (correct)
- To communicate with other elephants
What is the unique ability that elephants have with their sense of smell?
What is the unique ability that elephants have with their sense of smell?
- Detecting different types of smells
- Comparing quantities and determining which is greater (correct)
- Remembering past smells
- Identifying the location of an object
What is the experiment that researchers conducted to test elephants' mathematical ability?
What is the experiment that researchers conducted to test elephants' mathematical ability?
- Presenting them with two buckets of rocks
- Presenting them with two buckets of sand
- Presenting them with two buckets of water
- Presenting them with two buckets of sunflower seeds (correct)
What did the researchers find about how elephants choose which bucket to pick in the experiment?
What did the researchers find about how elephants choose which bucket to pick in the experiment?
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Why are conservationists interested in the new findings about elephants' sense of smell?
Why are conservationists interested in the new findings about elephants' sense of smell?
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What is the current status of Asian elephants according to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species?
What is the current status of Asian elephants according to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species?
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What is the hope of the researchers and conservationists regarding elephants' sense of smell?
What is the hope of the researchers and conservationists regarding elephants' sense of smell?
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