Humboldt University of Berlin research also shows Asian elephants have more wrinkles than African cousins
While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles.
While, overall, the pachyderms show an almost 50:50 split in terms of which way they prefer to bend their trunks, scientists have found it is possible to determine an individual adult’s preference.
More Stories
Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats
52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small)
AI plundering scripts poses ‘direct threat’ to UK screen sector, says BFI