Could it be that elephants, like humans, also suffer psychological trauma as a result of violence?
That, right there, is the best part of the article. It can be answered with an unqualified yes, with plenty of circumstancial evidence. The only problem with using elephants as study subjects, is that since their memories are like the memory of ... well, an elephant, the subject could be lashing out because when the Boer War broke out, their little group of playmates was split up.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Allan Quartermain. Now there's something I'd completely forgotten about. The poor man's Indiana Jones.
I think there's a book out there with anecdotes from research with a wide variety of other animals. I think I'd be interested in reading that, if I can remember who wrote it and what it's called... Apparently my memory is the opposite of an elephant's.
poor man's Indiana Jones? The man's been a staple of Haggard's books for over a dozen adventures. It must have required whole ... dollars ... of funding to get those things written. Well, for turn-of-the-century books, I think that Haggard probably did quite well for himself. Err... how about, I hope he did well for himself.
... now that I think about it, the author's name (Haggard) might have been a reference in the Illuminatus' Trilogy by R.A.W. Hmmm....
Nice. I've yet to read his other works. I've always stuck to pretty much the big popular series...
for instance, I know Michael Moorcock wrote some other series from the Elric (or is it Elrick?) saga, but after that 1500 page monstrosity, I had my fill.
That, right there, is the best part of the article. It can be answered with an unqualified yes, with plenty of circumstancial evidence. The only problem with using elephants as study subjects, is that since their memories are like the memory of ... well, an elephant, the subject could be lashing out because when the Boer War broke out, their little group of playmates was split up.
Or, they're still bitter about Allan Quartermain.
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I think there's a book out there with anecdotes from research with a wide variety of other animals. I think I'd be interested in reading that, if I can remember who wrote it and what it's called... Apparently my memory is the opposite of an elephant's.
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... now that I think about it, the author's name (Haggard) might have been a reference in the Illuminatus' Trilogy by R.A.W. Hmmm....
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Haggard also wrote the book She - the girl's equivalent to Conan.
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for instance, I know Michael Moorcock wrote some other series from the Elric (or is it Elrick?) saga, but after that 1500 page monstrosity, I had my fill.
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