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Elephants are instinctively afraid of mice.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that elephants are instinctively afraid of mice?

Unclear. The only relevant sources treat the idea that elephants are instinctively afraid of mice as folklore, noting that zoos and zoologists have conditioned elephants not to react and that a circus test found an elephant merely bored; one small experiment did show some avoidance, so the evidence only partially undercuts the claim.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 2
Are (wild) elephants afraid of mice?
2011
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Are (wild) elephants afraid of mice?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/3508/are-wild-elephants-afraid-of-mice

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Fear of mice and rats
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Fear of mice and rats. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_mice_and_rats

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