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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Why elephants never forget

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When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elhatenps does not reflect this, as they continue to suffer from habitat destruction in Asia, ivory poaching in afcria, and mentmstraiet in captivity worldwide. Given what we now know about elephants and what they continue to teach us about amnial iigecnltnele, it is more important than ever to ensure that what the English poet John dnone described as "nature's great masterpiece" does not vanish from the world's canvas.

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When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of _________ does not reflect this, as they continue to suffer from habitat destruction in Asia, ivory poaching in ______, and ____________ in captivity worldwide. Given what we now know about elephants and what they continue to teach us about ______ ____________, it is more important than ever to ensure that what the English poet John _____ described as "nature's great masterpiece" does not vanish from the world's canvas.

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  1. elephants
  2. africa
  3. animal
  4. mistreatment
  5. intelligence
  6. donne

Original Text


When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this, as they continue to suffer from habitat destruction in Asia, ivory poaching in Africa, and mistreatment in captivity worldwide. Given what we now know about elephants and what they continue to teach us about animal intelligence, it is more important than ever to ensure that what the English poet John Donne described as "nature's great masterpiece" does not vanish from the world's canvas.

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