African elephants can use human pointing cues to find hidden food

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2033-2037

  Smet, Anna F ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; ASSOCIATION; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GESTURE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GESTURES; LEARNING; MALE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84886252388     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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