Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk Rhetorical Analysis

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Did you know that elephants are one of the most intelligent animals on earth? Elephants join an elite club of cooperators that have an amazing mindset: chimpanzees, hyenas, and humans. Elephants have been tested by scientists quite frequently and show positive results of intelligence. In the article, Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk and the video Elephants shows cooperation, both shows how elephants are great thinkers and can solve a various of problems. In the article, it persuades the reader that elephants are as smart as us humans and are great problem solvers. In the video, it gives us a visual idea of what they do to solve their problem. Also, in the article Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task, it explains

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