Elephant distinguishes friends and enemies

Elephants can guess if a person is a friend or foe by sniffing the person's breath and looking at the color of the clothes he is wearing.

Research by the University of St Andrews found that African elephants responded by showing fear when they discovered the smell on clothes that had previously been worn by a Maasai tribe man.

The men of this tribe often show their strength and courage by stabbing elephants with a spear.

Elephants can guess the danger through the color of the wearer.Photo: BBC .

The giant animal also exhibited aggressive behavior in red clothing, which was a key feature of the Maasai tribe's traditional attire.

However, they are much more peaceful when they see and smell clothes that are worn by the Kamba people - agricultural residents who pose little threat to them.

" We think this is the first time an experiment has shown that any animal can classify individuals of a species into different good and bad groups based on subconscious experience ," the authors said. .

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