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		<title>Your next best hire: Will work for peanuts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel like your department&#8217;s a circus? That might not be such a bad thing after all. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have figured out that superb memory isn&#8217;t the only skill that elephants possess &#8212; they&#8217;re also outstanding at basic math equations. In a rudimentary apple-counting exercise where elephants must choose which baskets [...]]]></description>
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<p>Researchers at the University of Tokyo have figured out that superb memory isn&#8217;t the only skill that elephants possess &#8212; they&#8217;re also outstanding at basic math equations.</p>
<p>In a rudimentary apple-counting exercise where elephants must choose which baskets add up the the highest number, elephants are able to provide the correct answer at least 74% of the time. Other animals like dolphins and chimps are able to pass many math tests, but elephants excel at distinguishing numbers regardless of their size.</p>
<p>For example, chimps can easily tell the difference between two bananas and ten. When it&#8217;s a choice between seven bananas and eight, their ability to discern plummets. So far, the elephants aren&#8217;t hitting that same roadblock.</p>
<p>The question that still eludes researchers is why elephants would need to count. Some scientists claim it&#8217;s because of their pack-animal nature, where parent elephants would need to keep track of an entire herd.</p>
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