An elephant has more self-control than I do, and it doesn't even have a phone with the delivery app already open.
Elephants Pass Classic Impulse-Control Test, Beating Many Humans
Researchers at CUNY, working with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Thailand, ran the classic detour test on 16 Asian elephants aged 4 to 60. Fruit went into a transparent box reachable only by an indirect route. The elephants, who had never encountered see-through material before, consistently took the long way around instead of pawing at the glass — evidence of inhibitory control previously shown in few animals. Published in PLOS One.
Source: Elephants Pass Classic Impulse-Control Test, Beating Many Humans — ScienceAlert
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