Part 4 · Elephant research
Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Elephant research in Amboseli
Methodology
- The elephant population has been studied for almost forty years.
- Records of many elephants' dates of birth and also of their 31 have been kept.
- Play-back of elephant calls and DNA analysis were also used.
Findings
- The social system of elephants has many 32 .
- Two elephants worked together to get food using a 33 .
- Some moved to a new area when there was a lack of 34 .
- They may move the 35 of another elephant after death.
- Their brain 36 is quite high in comparison with that of their body.
Male elephants
- The way they 37 is one obvious change.
- Older males make better mates: older females recognize 38 .
What still needs to be discovered
- How elephants use smell -- difficult to study this in the 39 .
- How 40 elephants are to one another.