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Elephants “Learn” to Avoid Land Mines in War-Torn Angola

source: National Geographic | Jul 16, 07 | submitted by Ryan

Elephants moving into war-ravaged southern Angola from neighboring countries appear to have developed the ability to avoid the land mines that litter the region, scientists report.

Michael Chase, a biologist who has been studying the elephants for seven years, says he first detected the animals' apparent ability to avoid the mines from satellite-collar tracking images.

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