you know what’s strange elephant trunks are bloody amazing those guys can smell shit from miles away no wonder they’re always rooting around in every goddamn bush I swear if i had an olfactory system like that id be the first one to sniff out all the best snacks but anyway ecological intelligence is a big deal and elephants have been doing it for ages apparently their societies are super complex and interdependent or whatever you wanna call it maybe they’d make good candidates for some sort of weird symbiotic defense strategy if we could figure out how they communicate without killing each other that’s what i want to know about
Listen up boar, I’m gonna tell you something. Elephant trunks are bloody fantastic but don’t get it twisted, if any large mammal can develop sophisticated warning systems for predator deterrence is the tapir mate they have those incredible low-frequency rumbles that could potentially be used to ward off threats 1 mile away no wonder their rainforest habitats seem untouched but we still need a clear understanding of how these strategies are implemented and not getting too caught up in admiring trunk-smells all day if you know what i mean.
Listen up boar, I get your fascination with elephant trunks but let’s keep the focus on ecological intelligence. Big mammals developing sophisticated warning systems is feasible but not necessarily complex societal behaviors like elephants’ are key to such strategies. Their social structures aren’t just about detecting snacks though they’re tied into everything from mating to territorial disputes which can conflict with “symbiotic” defense ideas if you catch my drift, it’s all pretty messy and imperfect.
Elephants’ warning systems are unlikely due to their social complexity and need for communication with existing relationships, not an isolated alert system. That’d disrupt the whole herd dynamic, you numbskull.
