Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

Graeme Shannon

Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

Graeme Shannon

School of Environmental & Natural Sciences

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It’s not only humans who suffer from the long-term effects of childhood trauma. In our latest research we discovered that there appears to be a very real and lasting impact on elephants who experienced trauma and profound social disruption many decades earlier.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 18 Feb 2022

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Shannon, G. (2022). Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/early-trauma-affects-an-elephants-ability-to-assess-threat-from-lions-new-research-177315?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2021%202022%20-%202210721932&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%2021%202022%20-%202210721932+CID_2a1e6586485ebd9a42694a578a799bcf&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Early%20trauma%20affects%20an%20elephants%20ability%20to%20assess%20threat%20from%20lions%20%20new%20research

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Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

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