Elephant
Fact of the Day: elephant memory
The elephant's mind and memory are similar to other intelligent mammals. This means that they do have a good memory, but not better or worse than dogs, cats, or humans. And sometimes, like dogs, they do sometimes forget the meaning of "come here", if they are occupied, or "go away", if you are holding a banana. Extremely important for elephants as a species, is there "culture memory", the knowledge and memories based upon experience, that may help a group. A group of young elephants, where the old ones have been killed, will be much more vulnerable when it comes to deal with and solve, for example, climatical problems, that depend on the knowledge of old migration routes.
The elephant's mind and memory are similar to other intelligent mammals. This means that they do have a good memory, but not better or worse than dogs, cats, or humans. And sometimes, like dogs, they do sometimes forget the meaning of "come here", if they are occupied, or "go away", if you are holding a banana. Extremely important for elephants as a species, is there "culture memory", the knowledge and memories based upon experience, that may help a group. A group of young elephants, where the old ones have been killed, will be much more vulnerable when it comes to deal with and solve, for example, climatical problems, that depend on the knowledge of old migration routes.