Summation by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Ethics Statement
2.2. Experimental Design
3. Results and Discussion
Sums | 3 vs. 5 | 3 vs. 5 | 4 vs. 5 | 4 vs. 6 | 4 vs. 6 | 5 vs. 6 | 5 vs. 6 | 5 vs. 7 | 5 vs. 7 | 5 vs. 7 | 6 vs. 7 | 6 vs. 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formula | 1 + 2 | 2 + 1 | 3 + 1 | 2 + 2 | 1 + 3 | 4 + 1 | 1 + 4 | 3 + 2 | 3 + 2 | 2 + 3 | 5 + 1 | 1 + 5 |
vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | |
1 + 4 | 1 + 4 | 1 + 4 | 2 + 4 | 5 + 1 | 3 + 3 | 3 + 3 | 5 + 2 | 2 + 5 | 5 + 2 | 3 + 4 | 3 + 4 | |
Mito | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 5 | 6 | - | 4 | - |
Ashya | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Bo | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Irie N, Hasegawa T. Summation by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus). Behavioral Sciences. 2012; 2(2):50-56. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs2020050
Chicago/Turabian StyleIrie, Naoko, and Toshikazu Hasegawa. 2012. "Summation by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)" Behavioral Sciences 2, no. 2: 50-56. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs2020050