Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) demonstrate inhibitory control in a detour task (VIDEO)

PLOS

Caption

Testing the Knowing/Acting Mismatch. An elephant (ThongChai) interacting with the test (transparent) box. The box is in the “under” orientation and the reward is half of an apple. Note that this is the same elephant as in Video 1, and this test trial occurred immediately after familiarization trials with the “under” orientation. Video was taken on a Sony FDR-AX100 camcorder.

Credit

Hope et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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