Asian elephant does arithmetic

[IntarwebUser]

She probably only picks the bucket with fewer apples when she's not very hungry.

[DarkneszYTB]

yeahhhhh azn elephants <3

[coder0xff]

This is probably just the "Clever Hans effect". Tried to link to the Wikipedia article Clever Hans, but youtube doesn't like links I guess.

[fritzgenius15]

@coder0xff Most people educated in cognitive science know about the Clever Hans effect-- it's a legitimate possibility, if the girl is in fact signaling the elephant. But the guy in the Clever Hans situation was not educated in cognitive science, thorough experimental testing, or proper bias-eliminating methods; whereas the girl, in order to train her elephant as she has, needed to be educated in these things. So it isn't likely that this can be dismissed as just another clever hans.

[hookedonpahonics]

elephantsfuckingsuckdick

[lygophile]

animals are often able to read from their handlers which bucket they are expected to pick, so it might just be that. that also explains why 1:6 or 5:6 doesnt make a difference.

although, probably their eyesight isn't good enough to visually read such cues.

[Xxero0]

Do asians shit math, too?

[CamDeSchink]

Whats the animal at 1:04?? anyone please?

[FlashVirus]

@CamDeSchink

Grey Parrot.

[CamDeSchink]

i meant after the parrot lol it looks like a gecko

[FlashVirus]

@CamDeSchink

Oh yeah. It looks like a salamander, the skin looks slippery. Not sure though. Its listed with other intelligent animals so I'm really curious.

[CamDeSchink]

Yeah cool, well thanks anyway  : )

[YuneShik]

Now the Asian elephants are going to surpass us in math too...

[QwazyDude458]

lol its an AISIAN elephant

get it? cuz Asian's are supposed to be smart?

[kannon9]

I think elephants are incredible. Before that Tsunami hit Thailand almost every elephant that could ran away into the interior to get away from the ocean. They knew days before hand what was going to happen. Want to stay safe always trust the animals, especially elephants.

[syed790]

its something in the asain FOOD! asia rules!!! wahoo!

[thestarduster]

Elephant intelligence is so underrated.

I believe they are the most intelligent animals, especially considering their brain has the most amount of neurons compared to any other animal and have the most learning to undergo (after humans).

[kirafish7]

There's a theory that it's not actually how many neurons a brain has that determines intelligence, but how many glial cells, or scaffolding/neuron-nourishing cells, the brain has.

[thestarduster]

Well the neurons are part of memory, problem solving and emotions which elephants score highly on. They have lots of glial cells too.

[FrontalTraction]

Smart Elephants!

[RLore18]

I read about something similar with a horse who stomped its hoof to perform simple addition, as if it understood a math problem verbally spoken to it. Turns out under controlled conditions the horse wouldn't stop stomping in time and the horse was looking for cues from its owner. The horse was able to read facial expressions and it was likely that the owner would congratulate the horse right after it stomped the correct amount of times, causing it to learn to stop then.

[josephlater]

all asians elephants should be exterminated before they dominate they world!!! haha

[p4lproduction]

obously their smart

they are

asian

[IvanDaHo]

true dat

[gotyx1]

does that mean you think asians are smarter than the rest of the world?

[aiishunVBoii]

u recjon? ;p

[gotyx1]

whats recjon? xD (im from swe)

[TiagoTiagoT]

I believe aiishunVBoii meant "reckon", K and J are right next to each other in qwerty keyboards (if you don't know what that word means, doing a Google search for "define:reckon" (without quotes but with the : ) or looking it up on Wikitionary or whatever should do it :)

[gotyx1]

yeah, i didnt know any word "reckon" so, i wouldnt think of recjon as reckon. but i know the right place to look it up

[Lastarma47]

whaat

[jnewburger]

Duh they're smart... THEY'RE ASIAN!

[100percentvideos]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Asian elephants

[bluedog187]

Lmao I was just about to say that!

[singlespies]

a noisy auditorium? is that why you lost? lol - also, does anyone know if these elephants were taught to count? the segment implies (by saying they need to keep track of their herd) that counting is something they learn on their own. If so, it would be fascinating to find out how elephants keep count. If they aren't taught human names for numbers how do they distinguish six from seven - do they visualize, have their own names or associations with numbers, etc. interesting area to explore:)

[funboy123425]

4 ur question bout weather they actually SAY the numbers in their head.way 2 find out is through an MRI scan during this addition test.If the speech section of ther brain is active more than normal in the test it means their actually SAYING the numbers in their head which is impossible without having learnt a language.

I definetly cant do 7+4 withouth saying the numbers in my mind. I dont wana be the sientist who discovered its true. IT WOULD BE SCARY

[eiphon]

I pick one apple instead of two, because I know that one tastes the best!

[boxerthecuc]

How do you KNOW? :)

[Macizo4o9]

Elephant

[Kane040]

Whats better...to have 2 apples or one? I think it's pretty natural the elephant figured that out.

[patio87]

ummm no. It's natural to you, the point is that the animal can understand the difference between 3 and 4, or 5 and 10, etc. If you can tell the difference, you can add, which means you can count, which mean you(elephants) are more intelligent then we first thought, sorry.

[JEDIALADDIN]

I have it figured out...the fruit is like elephant money, the buckets represent elephant bank accounts, and this elephant is the "Milburn Drysdale" of elephants...

[richardraz]

euh.... ja.....appeltaartje dan maar ??

[kukelz]

well an animal who picks teh bucket with the most apples, that doenst surprise me at all. After tousends of years of evolution they still exist, what did they expect?

[rollese]

Wow! I learned nothing!

[killaSauve]

me neither...

[Maximillion666]

But you have too count first :)

[monstermash9]

*to

[shadling21]

elephants rule

[JRxNewxGen]

i want an apple.

[MarsMovies]

There are different species of elephant.

[grimreap792003]

*insert asian's mathematical ability joke here*

[pookie052606]

why's it gotta be asian? ahah

[shaolindreams]

oh look elephants aint dumb.. wooo mega discovery!... fucking ell

[linux750]

elephants can count.

[kola04]

None of these announcers are any good

[Fahim00717]

WoW bold letters???

[wtfisthisshyt]

hes asian..wtf do u expect

[novazee]

lol

[Ikus13]

wtf bold?

[NotthepinkcatAeris]

Does anyone else know who Hans the Talking Horse was?

[wretchedSTONER]

that is effin' crazy.

[Jmcenanly]

If that were so, wouldn't animals that move around in groups like gorillas, chimps and parrots be better at counting?

[turtalako]

Asian Elephant... LOL

[singlespies]

how do you know the elephants aren't picking the bucket with the most smell? (largest number of apples)

[L3G3NDARYK1LL3R]

one more apple in a bucket doesnt usualy mean more of a smell and i dont know even with the huge nose if elephants are good with scents

[sh8oony]

asian stereotype

[neelradhakrishnan]

Lol :D

[L3G3NDARYK1LL3R]

its like calling a bengel tiger a bengel tiger its just the name because of its look or where it is found

[DaZeD871]

That theory that their way of counting is like this because they need to be able to stay together in small groups is actually a very nice one :]

[jalgjalg]

"clever hans"-effect?

[HotWingDelft]

so, it is true that asians are good at math.

[ccskate]

all asians are good at math. even thier animals!!

[artsfestoriginals]

@ccskate thats anti-racism!

[johnnywhiteshoe]

haha of course it does

[k6996]

they once did a test where by different kind of animals was given the same jigsaw to solve guess who came out last. Yes a man (and he is not retarded type)

[bingofob]

yes!.asian+math=good

[minimoggi]

Wow Scientist got owned.

[fucksatanism]

So you're saying all asians are good at math? RACIST!!!!!

[Jape1990]

lolololololol

[kmt112991]

actually wouldn't that be a complement? lol

[DamienZshadow]

Interesting how as far as our brains have developed that humans appear less capable of memorization than some other intelligent species. Chimps, Elephants, and Orangutans can all count and solve memory puzzles faster than humans, right? I remember seeing something similar to this with chimpanzees.

[Anon11674]

Our technology has greatly reduced our need for good memories. You'll see the same thing when you compare groups of humans with no writing system to those who have one.

[DamienZshadow]

Ah, or even a kid who grew up unable to afford a graphing calculator vs. a kid who had it on his first day of class?

[Anon11674]

Exactly. Technology increases what we can do, but leaves our natural abilities undeveloped, or causes them to atrophy.

[Atheistprimate]

Have to wonder what level of intelligence many animal species would reach if they can avoid going extinct before getting there.

[longz654321]

i knew it