Elephants have 'unique skill'

Independent Online
October 18 2007

Chicago - African elephants can tell a human friend or foe by their scent, a skill which may be unique in the animal kingdom, a study released on Thursday says.

Researchers who set out to explore reports that elephants behave differently around members of Kenya's semi-nomadic Maasai people than around others were surprised to find that the animals appear to distinguish human groups based on their different scents.

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