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Elephants who live near people behave differently.
Alumna @sarahljacobson.bsky.social and Prof. Joshua Plotnik reveal that curiosity may be key to understanding — and reducing — human-elephant conflict www.gc.cuny.edu/news/why-som...
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Why Some Elephants Take More Risks Around People Than Others
CUNY Graduate Center alumna Sarah Jacobson found that wild elephants closer to farms are more curious around and attracted to new objects — insights that may help reduce human-elephant conflict.