Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, elephants take revenge on humans

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Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, elephants take revenge on humans

02-16-2006, 10:23 AM, (This post was last modified: 02-16-2006, 10:26 AM by mandy.)

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Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, elephants take revenge on humans

Quote:THEY say that elephants never forget, and it could be that they are using their memories to exact revenge on people who make their lives a misery.

A new study says that the usually gentle giants may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) brought on by frightening experiences at an early age.

In parts of Uganda they have raided villages, demolished huts and destroyed plots, not in an effort to get at food but to scare the people living there...

Across the continent many herds have lost their matriarchs and have had to make do with a succession of inexperienced âteenage mothersâ who have raised a generation of juvenile delinquents...

full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,...36,00.html

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