Elephant Corner
Mentality, Cognition, and Behavior of Elephants
Inner Life of Elephants (a youtube film in 17 segments): Part 1 . . . part 17
Inner Life of Elephants: Film script
Fiction: 1. Moti Guj 2. The Elephant's Child 3. Toomai of the Elephants 4. The Blind Men and the Elephant: a. Buddhist Parable b. Saxe's version
Listen to some elephant sounds:
Trumpeting / Piping /
Grumble
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Accessible Reviews: 1. Elephant Brain (PDF)
Some of My Articles about Elephant Cognition: 1. Theory of Mind and Insight in Chimpanzees, Elephants, and Other Animals? (Nissani, 2004) 2. In Defense of Anecdotes (Nissani, an internet essay). 3. Absence of Mirror Self-Referential Behavior in Two Asian Elephants. 4. Simultaneous Visual Discrimination in Asian Elephants (Nissani, Hoefler-Nissani, Lay, & Htun, 2005). 5. Elephant Intelligence (a summary is available here). 6. Elephant Cognition: A Review of Recent Experiments (PDF; 2008). 7. Do Elephants, Chimpanzees, and Dolphins Think?
Video Clips of our Research:
1. White/Black Discrimination Design
2. Large/Small Discrimination Design
3. Do Elephants Understand What an Obstacle is? (Lid Variation) (3.4 MB)
4. Do Elephants Understand What an Obstacle is? (Box Variation) (1.1 MB)
Logging Elephants of Myanmar: A Slide Show
Some Experiments with Elephants: A Slide Show
Visit my once-upon-a-time elephant class
Some Great Elephant Links (in progress):