Sunday, November 17, 2013

Mathematics for animals

Asian elephants can do mathematics, and have proved their sills in addition. It was conducted by the Japanese based on their favorite food. One elephant was 87 % correct and the other was 69 % perfect. The elephants were trained on single digit addition by the University of Tokyo. In one test, researchers dropped three apples into one bucket and five into another bucket and then added two apples to each. Five times out of six, a female elephant chose the bucket with seven apples rather than five although she would not see or feel the inside of the containers. Thus it has been established that the giants do know the basic math.The same was tried with many other animals. All were able to choose the bigger of two numbers. Their performances however, usually decline if the numbers are big or the gap between two numbers is small.This stands as a testimony for all living beings do have some reasoning and thinking capabilities. It gets improved upon constant training and usage.

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