RealFeedApp Elephant communities in Sri Lanka have crossed a social tipping point
UC San Diego scientists tracked a population decline in Asian elephants in Sri Lanka, documenting communities crossing a social tipping point into fragmented and isolated groups.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Researchers from UC San Diego studied the social connections of hundreds of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka for over a decade and found that population decline leads to isolation.
- Why it matters
- This is important because elephants, like many other social animals, rely on dense groups for survival, finding food, and caring for their young.
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