WISDOM OF AGES Elephants like these in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park respond more appropriately to threats if the matriarch in a family group has lived long enough to learn about rare but dangerous lion attacks. Graeme Shannon
Not to cause dinner table shouting or new excesses of political punditry — but in a test of a particular leadership skill among elephants, age and experience really did trump youth and beauty.
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