Is Elephant’s Memory Powerful to Record Everything?

One elephant calf If you’ve come across the video, you probably couldn’t help thinking how cute they are. These magnificent creatures are as intelligent as they are cute. The region where elephants live may be a factor in their intelligence being so agile. Because, in order to avoid the risk of being hunted, it can process information and remember it when appropriate. Having a brain is essential for their survival.

These cute animals weigh 4.5 kg, are at least as strong as the human brain, are ingenious and How strong do you think is the memory that records the memories?? Let’s examine it together.

The saying “Elephants never forget” is scientifically accepted.

While elephants know their herds, they can identify up to 30 different elephants in another herd. They have the ability to distinguish by sight or smell. This ability comes in handy during migration times or when encountering other potentially hostile elephants.

Also hints that danger is coming. They can remember and distinguish. In addition, they can remember places long after their visit.

Just like humans, they remember many memories.

The most interesting part of the elephant memory is that it has nothing to do with survival. keeping memories. Elephants not only remember members of their herd, but also other creatures that make a strong impression on them.

For example, two elephants who briefly performed at the circus together, 23 years later They are happy when they meet on the road. They can recognize living things other than their own kind, and they remember the people they befriended years later.

Elephants are land animals with the largest brains.

Elephants that do more than respond to stimuli Their brains are quite large. They also have an impressive encephalization (brain growth) quotient. This is the expected brain size of an animal relative to its body.

Moreover elephants have IQs almost as high as chimpanzees. In other words, their brains have as many neurons and synapses as ours, and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex.

In the event of a possible drought, their memory becomes more important.

In a study conducted by Biology Letters in 2008; herds with old elephants, It has been proven that they survived the drought in the region more easily. It has been observed that these older elephants successfully lead the herd to the water environment, remembering how the herd survived the previous drought.

Another herd observed in the study was led by a young female elephant. Herd, Instead of traveling to find water, she chose to stay where she was, and the cubs had a 63% death rate that year.. This rate is only 2% in drought.

According to research, the memory of older females is essential for herds.

O’Connell, who conducts the research on the subject, is concerned with the memory of female elephants.Therefore, as important information repositories older females matter. This is why long-term memory can directly lead to survival.” says.

In a 2011 study in the journal Biological Sciences, showed that young elephants did not respond adequately to the roaring sounds of male lions, while older elephants remembering previous lion attacks took defensive positions. This shows that age is also important in elephant memory.

Could their unique brain structure be what elicits their memories?

Bob Jacobs, professor of neuroscience at Colorado College, cortical neurons He says it’s completely different from that of other species. He adds that the properties of these neurons indicate that elephants are thinking carefully about their memories.

Among the land mammals, it is the largest in both size and brain. Elephants have a very large temporal lobe (the part that encodes memory).

More important than their memory is their ability to empathize and their tendency to feel everything.

Elephants other than humans They are the only animals that mourn their dead, grieve after their loss, perform ceremonies for their dead and visit the graves. They are also sensitive enough to be concerned about other species besides themselves.

As we have seen in the light of the studies, these animals with a high sense of empathy waited on their heads to protect the injured people and He tried to calm them down with his hoses.

On the other hand, most attacks by elephants on human villages occur after extensive poaching or separation. This is the attack for revenge means it’s done.

An amazing species that is self-aware.

In addition to all these features, elephants also able to recognize themselves in the mirror It is a rare animal. This shows that they are conscious, intelligent and emotional creatures. Unfortunately, we cannot say that elephants are treated with compassion in the world.

Especially They suffer greatly from habitat destruction in Asia, ivory hunting in Africa, and poor care and captivity all over the world. Although we know that elephants are such wonderful creatures, we must take the necessary precautions and offer them safer living spaces.

John Donne’sgreat masterpiece of natureOur duty to protect the existence of elephants in the world is to ensure the continuation of their generations by creating safe zones for these magnificent creatures.