To see if elephants can distinguish different amounts of food using only scent, Hunter Professor Joshua Plotnik and his colleagues devised a series of experiments that were performed at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and Resort in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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New Hunter Study Finds That Elephants Have an Unrivaled Sense of Smell
June 5, 2019