The purpose of this blog is to investigate the various facets of intelligence found in elephants to support my personal belief that studies conducted in this area are quite possibly among the most important in human/animal relations & conservancy. The intellectual capacity of elephants is fairly well recognized by scientists and the general public, but elephants offer just enough difference while yielding such similar, identifiable 'humanized' abilities - such as self-awareness, tool use, problem solving, mimicry/semantic comprehension and the capacity for emotion & reverence for death - that they offer more for understanding animal intelligence (and the benefits & insight accompanying it) than the apes, dolphins, or any other non-human animal.
I would like to acknowledge in advance the research of Cynthia Moss, Anthony Martin-Hall and Joyce Poole for their fascinating contributions to this subject and commend them for furthering the study & awareness of it as well. I have created this blog as a closet zoologist and lifelong 'fan' of the elephant species and hopefully the information & media I put on this blog will spur the same enthusiasm & concern for elephants as it has for myself.
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