The latest study on elephant memory shows that herd matriarchs appear to have vast internal memory maps of the lay of the land they traverse. The memory skills could help them help their dependent herds in droughts.
Droughts and drought-related die-offs were the focus for the study.
Older matriarchs, with more to have remembered, had herds with generally higher survival rates.
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