Animals
Elephants Use Trunks As Leaf Blowers To Reach Food, Proving Situational Awareness, Researchers Say
Some Asian elephants blast air through their trunks like leaf blowers in order to acquire inaccessible food, suggesting the animals have greater situational awareness and are better problem solvers than thought.
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