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Some Children\u27s Books About Elephants (1987-1997) [PDF]
, 1997 Literature review of children\u27s books about elephants from the Indianapolis Public ...
Dale, Robert H.I.
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A tongue‐like bioactuator is developed using orthogonally aligned cultured skeletal muscle tissues. By applying directional electrical stimulation of varying strengths, the actuator achieves jointless, multidirectional movements. The device features a fully soft, skeleton‐free design, enabling biomimetic deformation and functional actuation, and offers
Xuankai Gao +4 more
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Human‐driven habitat conversion is a more immediate threat to Amboseli elephants than climate change
Conservation Science and Practice, 2019 Global ecosystem change presents a major challenge to biodiversity conservation, which must identify and prioritize the most critical threats to species persistence given limited available funding.
Victoria L. Boult +6 more
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Gene losses did not stop the evolution of big brains
eLife, 2018 Elephants and fruit bats have evolved large brains even though they have lost a gene that is fundamental to the supply of energy to the brain when glucose is not available.
Cristian Cañestro, Vittoria Roncalli
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Deforestation and wildlife management: are elephants attracted by recently deforested areas? [PDF]
, 2019 Deforestation is a major cause or wildlife decline in tropical ecosystems. The conversion of mature forest to fields by shifting cultivation leaves behind follow lands with secondary vegetation.
Amaya-Corredor, Paola-Catalina +8 more
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Is nonlinear propagation responsible for the brassiness of elephant trumpet calls? [PDF]
, 2014 African elephants (Loxodonta africana) produce a broad diversity of sounds ranging from infrasonic rumbles to much higher frequency trumpets. Trumpet calls are very loud voiced signals given by highly aroused elephants, and appear to be produced by a ...
Dalmont, Jean-Pierre +3 more
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Programmable‐Stiffness Tensegrity Continuum Robot for Adaptive Multicurvature On‐Orbit Assembly
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A bioinspired tensegrity‐based continuum robot (BTCR) with programmable stiffness enables adaptive multicurvature morphing via coordinated intra‐ and intermodule regulation. A unified energy‐based framework predicts self‐equilibrium and deformation for serial modules. Experiments and Simulations demonstrate reconfiguration into hexagonal, circular, and
Yubin Wu +5 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 Parasites can influence the fitness of individuals particularly of small populations of endangered species. An island-wide, cross sectional, coprological survey was carried out from 03 January to 30 October 2015, to determine the gastrointestinal (GI ...
Nirupama Abeysekara +2 more
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Quantitative assessment of masticatory muscles based on skull muscle attachment areas in Carnivora
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Masticatory muscles are composed of the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles in mammals. Each muscle has a different origin on the skull and insertion on the mandible; thus, all masticatory muscles contract in different directions. Collecting in vivo data and directly measuring the masticatory muscles anatomically in various Carnivora ...
Kai Ito +4 more
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Measuring human–wildlife conflicts: Comparing insights from different monitoring approaches
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017 Studies investigating wildlife crop‐damage have been widely documented, but methods often vary and results can be difficult to compare across national and international regions.
Anna Songhurst
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