3: Mind Controlling Parasites, Are Elephants Right Handed, and Naruto AMVs
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Is It a Marker of Intelligence or a Natural Thing?
It's so interesting to think like, is it a marker of intelligence or is it just like a natural thing that happens that one naturally is more used? I've never thought about this in this context. A 2020 study in Asian elephants found it was pretty evenly split between right trunkers and left trunkers. So it actually varies between species, which is really interesting. And something else I also thought was quite interesting, if they did have a trunk preference, sometimes there would also be a forefoot preference as well.
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