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ation that goes on. The elephants have very stiff 

 hairs in their ears and in their nostrils. These could 

 readily be used as antennae to catch emanations 

 that the human being is quite unconscious of. 



On many occasions I have seen an elephant, 

 separated by perhaps several hundred yards from the 

 rest of the herd, seemingly warn his comrades of a 

 danger he himself has discovered. It almost seemed 

 that he sent some mental signal to the others, for they 

 would suddenly become restless and alarmed, even 

 though I am sure they could not see the lone ele- 

 phant nor discover the danger for themselves. 



One night Osa and I were in our blind down in the 

 mimosa near the lake with the moon shining between 

 the drifting clouds, waiting to see what would turn 

 up. About 11.30 P.M. Osa nudged me. Foiu: hun- 

 dred yards to the left of us appeared a long file of 

 elephants. They walked to a spot not far from our 

 flashlight apparatus and stopped there for about 

 five minutes with their long tnmks up in the air 

 waving about as if for a scent. Then one elephant 

 left the crowd and walked very slowly down towards 

 the water. He would go about fifteen feet, then 

 stop and wave his trunk about; then go on a bit 

 more. We could see him so plainly that he gave us 

 the impression of being distinctly puzzled, feeling 

 there was something wrong, but not sure what it was. 



Then this investigator walked back to the rest of 



