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    How Do We Know That Elephants Never Forget?

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    Elephants have excellent long-term memory abilities. Studies show that elephant matriarchs can remember other elephants and commands over long periods of time. Elephant matriarchs also use their memory and sense of smell to identify potential threats to their herd and signal others. The saying "an elephant never forgets" originated from altered Greek proverbs and refers to elephants' impressive memory capabilities that were observed in the early 20th century.

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    How Do We Know That Elephants Never Forget?

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    Elephants have excellent long-term memory abilities. Studies show that elephant matriarchs can remember other elephants and commands over long periods of time. Elephant matriarchs also use their memory and sense of smell to identify potential threats to their herd and signal others. The saying "an elephant never forgets" originated from altered Greek proverbs and refers to elephants' impressive memory capabilities that were observed in the early 20th century.

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    Elephants have excellent long-term memory abilities. Studies show that elephant matriarchs can remember other elephants and commands over long periods of time. Elephant matriarchs also use their memory and sense of smell to identify potential threats to their herd and signal others. The saying "an elephant never forgets" originated from altered Greek proverbs and refers to elephants' impressive memory capabilities that were observed in the early 20th century.

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    How do we know that elephants never forget?

    Elephants would be excellent in the business world. Working elephants


    in Myanmar have been shown to remember verbal commands, other animals,
    and people. Considering they way they store memories of their interactions,
    elephants apperar biologically disposed to networking. An elephant never
    draws a blank, leading to the famous saying: “An elephant never forgets.”
    Studies have revealed that as an elephant ages, its memory improves. When
    approached by an outsider, a matriarch often signals to the rest of the herd
    whether the stranger is a friend or a foe. She rises her personal experiences, as
    well as her sense of smell and contact cues, to protect her brood from rogue
    and possibly violent Dull elephants. The matriarch passes her knowledge on to
    other members of her herd. (This was determined from a study of twenty-one
    elephant families during a seven-year period in Kenya.)
    The same survial instinct comes into play when an elephant smells a
    member of a familiar group that is known to kill elephants. When an elephant
    catchesa whiff of one of these hunters, it will race for safety. If the elephant
    smells a member of a group that is known not to kill elephants, it will continue
    grazing in the area. The elephant remembers scents, and it can differetiate
    between one that means danger and one that doesn’t.
    They saying itself likely an alteration of an old Greek proverb: “A camel
    never forgets an injury.” Camels were swapped out for elephants early in the
    twentieth century, after intelligence and an impressive capacity for recall were
    observed in the latter. It has become common to say someone has an
    “elephantine” memory – which is much more acceptable that saying that
    someone has an elephantine body.

    1. Which of the following is NOT stated about a matriarch in paragrapg 1?


    a) She recognizes enemies
    b) She teaches other elephants
    c) She has perfect sense of smell
    d) She fights with bull elephants
    2. What is described in paragraph 2?
    a) How an elephant kills its enemies.
    b) How an elephant lives in the herd.
    c) How an elephant feels danger.
    d) how an elephant hunts

    3. The studies about elephants’ intelligence date back to __________.


    a) the matriach epoch
    b) the 20th century
    c) the Greek time
    d) this century

    4. Why was the word “camel” exchanged in the saying?


    a) Studies showed camles weren’t able to remember injury.
    b) Elephants were excellent in bussiness world.
    c) Studies proved that elephants were clever.
    d) Camels became fewer in number.

    5. What does “elephantine” memory mean?


    a) You memorize all details.
    b) You have a bad memory.
    c) You forget injustice
    d) You have big brain

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