• Question: why are elephants so intelligent?

    Asked by sebisepic to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 17 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 17 Mar 2013:

      I’m not too sure….. Maybe it’s because they are so big and have big brains to match?! 😉

    • Photo: Melissa Brereton

      Melissa Brereton answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      The structure of the elephants brain is also very similar to humans- it has lots of folds on its surface which means there is more surface area for neurones (or the brain cells)

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 19 Mar 2013:

      Also elephants are social animals, which is the main reason why we are so smart! Turns out if you want to co-operate and also have a hierarchy, enemies and subtle relationships then you need to be smarter! I’d imagine that the reason why elephants are social is because they’re so big, they’d be a walking meal if one was on it’s own, but if they stay together then it takes a lot of guts to try something!

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