Study shows elephants may understand human gestures such as pointing
A study by University of Saint Andrews researchers on African Elephants has demonstrated they could very well have an instinctive understanding of human gestures, such as pointing.Elephants in the study demonstrated an innate understanding by following a point to successfully retrieve a reward in one of two buckets. Other cues, such as sight, sound and smell were controlled in the...
A study by University of Saint Andrews researchers on African Elephants has demonstrated they could very well have an instinctive understanding of human gestures, such as pointing.
Elephants in the study demonstrated an innate understanding by following a point to successfully retrieve a reward in one of two buckets. Other cues, such as sight, sound and smell were controlled in the research.
Click 'Listen' to hear Saint Andrews psychologist, Richard Byrne, and check out the video below to see the pachyderms in action.