IMG_0068 [Analyzing the World, One Animal at a Time]

By
Madison
– October 31, 2012
Behavioral biologists used to have only binoculars and paper to carry out their research, but now they have moved on to more high tech equipment. Elephants at the Safari Park have been fitted with GPS collars that not only track the elephants’ locations, but also the noises they makes so biologists can figure out where the elephants go, who they are talking to, and what they saying. Elephants in Botswana are fitted with similar collars that only have the GPS feature. Behavioral biologists have discovered things like how elephant herds are made of mostly females and that adult males travel by themselves.