A elephant calf If you’ve come across the video, you probably can’t help but think how cute they are. These beautiful creatures are as intelligent as they are cute. The region where elephants live may be a factor in their intelligence being so agile. Because to avoid the risk of being rushed, it can process and remember information when needed. Having a brain is essential for their survival.

These cute animals weigh 4.5 kg, are at least as strong as the human brain, are ingenious and How strong do you think the memory is that captures the memories?? Let’s explore it together.

The saying “Elephants never forget” has been scientifically accepted.

While elephants know their herd, they can identify up to 30 different elephants in another herd. They have the ability to discriminate by sight or smell. This ability is useful during migrations or when encountering other potentially hostile elephants.

Also indicates that danger is imminent. They can remember and distinguish. Plus, they can remember places long after their visit.

Like humans, they remember many memories.

The most interesting part of elephant memory is that it has nothing to do with survival. keep memories. Elephants not only remember members of their herd, but also other creatures that make a strong impression on them.

For example, two elephants who briefly performed together in the circus, 23 years later They are happy when they meet on the road. They can recognize living things other than their own kind, and they remember the people they befriended years later.

Elephants are land animals with the largest brains.

elephant brain

Elephants that do more than react to stimuli Their brains are quite large. They also have an impressive encephalization (brain growth) quotient. This is the expected brain size of an animal relative to its body.

Moreover elephants have an IQ almost as high as chimpanzees. In other words, their brains have as many neurons and synapses as ours, and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex.

In a possible drought, their memory becomes more important.

In a study conducted by Biology Letters in 2008; herds of old elephants, It has been proven that they survived the region’s drought more easily. These older elephants have been observed to successfully lead the herd to the aquatic environment, remembering how the herd survived the previous drought.

Another herd observed in the study was led by a young female elephant. herd, Instead of traveling to find water, she chose to stay where she was, and the cubs had a 63% mortality rate that year.. This percentage is only 2% in drought.

According to research, the memory of older females is essential for herds.

O’Connell, who is leading the research on this topic, studies the memory of female elephants.Therefore as important information repositories older females are important. This is why long-term memory can directly lead to survival.” say.

In a 2011 study in the journal Biological Sciences, showed that young elephants did not respond adequately to the roars of male lions, while older elephants who remembered previous lion attacks took up defensive positions. This shows that age is also important in elephant memory.

Could their unique brain structure be what triggers their memories?

Bob Jacobs, professor of neuroscience at Colorado College, cortical neurons He says it is completely different from that of other species. He adds that the properties of these neurons indicate that elephants think carefully about their memories.

Of the land mammals, it is the largest, both in size and brain. Elephants have a very large temporal lobe (the part that encodes memory).

More important than their memory is their empathy and their tendency to feel everything.

Elephants other than humans They are the only animals that mourn their dead, grieve after their loss, perform ceremonies for their dead, and visit the graves. They are also sensitive enough to worry about species other than themselves.

As we have seen in light of the studies, these animals waited on their heads with a high sense of empathy to protect the injured and He tried to calm them down with his snakes.

On the other hand, most elephant attacks on human villages occur after extensive poaching or segregation. This is the attack for revenge means it’s done.

A great strain that is self-aware.

In addition to all these features, so do elephants recognize themselves in the mirror It’s a rare animal. This shows that they are sentient, intelligent and emotional beings. Unfortunately, we cannot say that the world’s elephants are treated with compassion.

Special They suffer greatly from habitat destruction in Asia, ivory hunting in Africa, and poor care and captivity around the world. While we know that elephants are such beautiful creatures, we need to take the necessary precautions and provide them with a safer living environment.

John Donnesgreat masterpiece of natureOur duty to protect the survival of the world’s elephants is to ensure the survival of their generations by creating safe zones for these beautiful creatures.