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Behavioural variability among captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding
The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask highly sensitive organ used in a large repertoire of behaviours. The absence of bones...
Autores principales: | Lefeuvre, Maëlle, Gouat, Patrick, Mulot, Baptiste, Cornette, Raphaël, Pouydebat, Emmanuelle |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874780 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9678 |
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