In experiments in Thailand, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) learned to ignore an enticing but ineffective route to food and quickly adapted when a familiar solution stopped working.
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Are elephants stubbornly grasping for visible food or do they choose the wiser detour? Researchers prove that the animals also suppress impulses and flexibly rethink them. Knowledge could become important for living with humans.