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Treatment of Hoof Disease in an Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Using Creative Surgery: A Successful Case Report [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2020 Case Description- Chronic foot disease, which is considered a tremendous clinical challenge, poses a serious threat to the overall health of elephants. We treated an Asian elephant with hoof disease by a creative surgery.
Guanghao Lin +3 more
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Shining NIR light on ivory: A practical enforcement tool for elephant ivory identification
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The elephant ivory trade remains controversial because of concerns about the extinction risk of elephants and the different needs of CITES member states.
Apinya Chaitae +6 more
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Biomechanics of locomotion in Asian elephants [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 SUMMARYElephants are the biggest living terrestrial animal, weighing up to five tons and measuring up to three metres at the withers. These exceptional dimensions provide certain advantages (e.g. the mass-specific energetic cost of locomotion is decreased) but also disadvantages (e.g.
Genin, Joakim +4 more
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An Asian Elephant Imitates Human Speech [PDF]
Current Biology, 2012 Vocal imitation has convergently evolved in many species, allowing learning and cultural transmission of complex, conspecific sounds, as in birdsong. Scattered instances also exist of vocal imitation across species, including mockingbirds imitating other species or parrots and mynahs producing human speech.
Angela S. Stoeger +6 more
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Recent publications on Asian elephants
Gajah, 2023 If you need additional information on any of the articles, please feel free to contact me. You can also let me know about new (2023) publications on Asian elephants.
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SIMULTANEOUS VISUAL DISCRIMINATION IN ASIAN ELEPHANTS [PDF]
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005 Two experiments explored the behavior of 20 Asian elephants (Elephas aximus) in simultaneous visual discrimination tasks. In Experiment 1, 7 Burmese logging elephants acquired a white+/black- discrimination, reaching criterion in a mean of 2.6 sessions and 117 discrete trials, whereas 4 elephants acquired a black+/white- discrimination in 5.3 sessions ...
Moti, Nissani +3 more
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Environmental Literacy for Holistic Asian Elephant Conservation in Thailand
, 2023 This research aimed to enhance environmental literacy to support holistic Asian elephant conservation in Thailand. The research design involved a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Rawang, Wee +3 more
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Seed dispersal potential of Asian elephants [PDF]
Acta Oecologica, 2016 Elephants, the largest terrestrial mega-herbivores, play an important ecological role in maintaining forest ecosystem diversity. While several plant species strongly rely on African elephants (Loxodonta africana; L. cyclotis) as seed dispersers, little is known about the dispersal potential of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus).
Franziska K. Harich +6 more
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Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 2022 Understanding distribution patterns is essential for the long-term conservation of megafauna, particularly the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). We investigated the dynamic occupancy of Asian elephants in the Thung Yai Naresuan West Wildlife Sanctuary in
Peerawit Amorntiyangkul +7 more
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Summation by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2012 Recent empirical evidence for complex cognition in elephants suggests that greater attention to comparative studies between non-human primates and other animals is warranted. We have previously shown that elephants possess the ability to judge the difference between two discrete quantities, and unlike other animals, their choice does not appear to be ...
Naoko Irie, Toshikazu Hasegawa
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