Cognitive behaviour in Asian elephants: use and modification of branches for fly switching
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Asian elephants have been observed modifying large branches to use as fly switches by breaking off smaller branches.
“Asian elephants have been observed modifying large branches to use as fly switches: by breaking off smaller branches, a convenient tool for swatting flies results.”
From Elephant cognition. (2008) · cites this paper as Hart, B.L., Hart, L.A., McCoy, M., and Sarath, C.R. (2001)
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References 25 · Cited by 130
- Authors
- Hart, B. L., Hart, L. A., McCoy, M., & Sarath, C. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-11
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 839-847
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2031467801
- Cited by
- 130
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- Asian elephant, tool use, tool manufacture, wild elephants, captive elephants, cognitive behavior, cerebral cortex
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