Elk have learned to change tactics depending on the weapons of the hunter.
Elk have learned to change tactics depending on the weapons okhotnichiye years studying the behavior of elk, found that with age, these animals become wiser, learn to avoid hunters and even adapt their behaviour to the type of their weapons.
Hunting is known to alter the behavior of the moose and makes them more careful after killing more courageous brethren. Ecologist Henrik Thurfjell from the University of Alberta in Canada wondered whether or not these animals follow the “safety rules” as you age. For this Thurfjell together with his colleagues put GPS trackers on 49 moose cows in Western Canada and watched the movement of animals for six years.
As a result, the ecologists found that in four years, the moose is getting more careful than two years earlier. This behavior, according to scientists, was the result of the experience and what a brave moose were killed at an early age, says New Scientist.
Eventually young moose started to follow the behavior of the cautious older counterparts — they are less likely to alter the terrain during hunting season, hiding in dense forests or selecting steep, rocky terrain, especially near roads. Gain experience moose, according to Tehilla, to nine years are practically invulnerable.
Moreover, ecologists have found that older moose can even distinguish what type of weapons the hunters use a bow or gun, and depending on this, change their behavior (in Canada extended bow hunting). So, hiding from the bow, elk choose a more complex topography, and hiding from hunters with guns, animals try as far as possible be from the road, which can move people in cars.
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