Maybe elephants can save us

[Sarah]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03...

[janine]

i first read this thread title as 'baby elephants can save us.' i like elephants.

[Sarah]

My other thread title thought was "our elephant overlords are here"

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I've had work partners like this one:

However, one young elephant had what the researchers termed an "unconventional" solution to the problem. As Plotnik and co-authors explained, the elephant firmly put one foot on the end of her rope, "forcing her partner to do all the work to retrieve the table."

I love how smart crows are, and I'm glad they don't feel any threat from me and leave me alone. I've watched them gang up on eagles.