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An Elephant Never Forgets

Elephants are highly intelligent mammals – they’re born this way, which takes time. They also have an impressive brain to show for it: it’s the largest of any land animal, with a structure similar to that of a human brain. However, it’s three times as large as ours, with three times as many neurons – 250 billion, in fact.3,4 They say, 'an elephant never forgets', and there’s actually some truth in that saying. Their temporal lobe region (the area responsible for memory) is exceptionally developed, with a greater number of folds, meaning it can store more information. It allows for retaining details that are vital for elephant survival, such as where to go to find food and water – and how to get there. The matriarch of a herd can lead family members to waterholes by calling up complex mental maps that cover hundreds of kilometres.5 Elephants rank alongside dolphins and chimpanzees in terms of levels of intelligence. They’re adept at problem-solving, from piling up blocks to reach food, to using branches and rocks as tools. Their trunks allow them to be dextrous beasts, using them to move and manipulate objects in much the same way that we would use our hands and arms.6 They’re one of very few species that understand what pointing means – for example, many dogs understand it, but chimpanzees do not. Elephants can also recognise themselves in a mirror – another rarity in the animal kingdom, as only the great apes, crows and bottlenose dolphins display the same levels of self-awareness. They demonstrate compassion, too; they help injured members of the herd and show grief when a family member dies. These gentle giants have even known to bury their dead, or cover them with leaves. And if that wasn’t impressive enough for you, they’re also capable of imitating the sounds of other elephants and even some human words.7

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How did the musk ox survive the Ice Age?

Being able to rebound after population collapses may have helped musk oxen survive the end of the Ice Age when most other large mammals, like woolly mammoths, died out.

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Summer, Ellesmere Island, Canada

A herd of musk oxen hunkers down to wait out a snowstorm. When the weather gets foul, their strategy is to stay and cope. Unlike Arctic caribou, musk oxen do not migrate seasonally. Instead, their squat, woolly bodies limit heat loss, even when temperatures plunge below -40°F (- 40°C). Extreme shifts in climate, however, can distress musk oxen. But this too is part of their survival strategy. Study of ancient DNA reveals that over many millennia, musk ox populations have undergone repeated boom and bust cycles in response to climate fluctuations. Being able to rebound after population collapses may have helped musk oxen survive the end of the Ice Age when most other large mammals, like woolly mammoths, died out.

The Bellows

Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

This valley is typical of the Canadian high Arctic—a treeless, bleak terrain known as tundra, where the ground thaws for just a month or two of summer. Only then can it support a sparse carpet of grasses, mosses and heaths, sustaining caribou and musk oxen, the largest Arctic grazers. This ordinary Arctic landscape, however, is notable in the history of polar exploration. In the race to reach the North Pole, a British expedition first explored this valley in 1875. They named it “the Bellows” for its unrelenting winds. The team never did reach the pole.

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