Why elephants never forget?

An elephant has a very large brain for its size and the 'temporal lobe' region responsible for memory is more developed with a greater number of folds - this results in powerful abilities to 'download' important survival data such as where to find food and water, and who is friend or foe.

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Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub and Santa Fe Institute have developed a mathematical model to determine the ideal learning rate for organisms in changing environments. This model suggests that the optimal learning timescale should scale as the square root of the environmental change rate. For instance, if an environment changes more slowly, an organism s