2006-06-18 01:27:19 · 9 answers · asked by sweetshima 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Simple answer - No.
A more complex answer. Elephants get nervous when they come upon something unexpected. For example, a mouse or a rat popping out of a hole and running around it's legs, can make an elephant very nervous since it really cannot see the rat, but can hear it and smell it move. And when an elephant is very nervous, it does things which to us may look like it's very scared.
Elephants have very poor eye-sight, but very powerful sense of hearing and smell. So, it may not see that mouse, but it can feel it's presence and that's what makes it so nervous.
So, you see - elephants are not scared of mice, but scared of sudden changes which they cannot comprehend.
2006-06-18 12:57:52 · answer #1 · answered by Elephas Maximus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if the elephants are really that scared cuase rats are small and ugly with a dirty long tail than yea
2006-06-18 11:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rates?
2006-06-18 08:30:38 · answer #3 · answered by pycosal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sweet its mice they are scared off and rates=rats
:)
why u ask this question?
2006-06-18 08:31:55 · answer #4 · answered by kiss2envy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, their eyesight isn't good enough to notice, it's just a joke from either cartoons or folklore.
2006-06-18 11:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rats wish
2006-06-18 08:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by LadyJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, high rates can be something to fear.
2006-06-18 08:33:11 · answer #7 · answered by metdevthegamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know they scared of ants , but dont know about rats
2006-06-18 08:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by greatwaytolive 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are scared of mice right?! lol
2006-06-18 08:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by Bride2Be 8/30/08 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋