▁warning ▁that ▁the ▁dog ▁may ▁b ite . ▁ ▁Some ▁research ers ▁are ▁beginning ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁dogs ▁have ▁emot ions ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁magnetic ▁reson ance ▁imag ing . ▁ ▁Ele ph ants ▁ ▁Ele ph ants ▁are ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁em path y ▁towards ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁species ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁their ▁cogn itive ▁memory . ▁While ▁this ▁is ▁true ▁scient ists ▁continu ously ▁debate ▁the ▁extent ▁to ▁which ▁ele ph ants ▁feel ▁em otion . ▁Observ ations ▁show ▁that ▁ele ph ants , ▁like ▁humans , ▁are ▁concerned ▁with ▁dist ress ed ▁or ▁dece ased ▁individuals , ▁and ▁render ▁assistance ▁to ▁the ▁a iling ▁and ▁show ▁a ▁special ▁interest ▁in ▁dead ▁bodies ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁kind , ▁however ▁this ▁view ▁is ▁interpreted ▁by ▁some ▁as ▁being ▁anth rop omorphic . ▁▁ ▁Ele ph ants ▁have ▁recently ▁been ▁suggested ▁to ▁pass ▁mirror ▁self - recogn ition ▁tests , ▁and ▁such ▁tests ▁have ▁been ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁capacity ▁for ▁em path y . ▁However , ▁the ▁experiment ▁showing ▁such ▁actions ▁did ▁not ▁follow ▁the ▁accepted ▁protocol ▁for ▁tests ▁of ▁self - recogn ition , ▁and ▁earlier ▁attempts ▁to ▁show ▁mirror ▁self - recogn ition ▁in ▁ele ph ants ▁have ▁failed , ▁so ▁this ▁remains ▁a ▁content ious ▁claim . ▁▁ ▁Ele ph ants ▁are ▁also ▁de emed ▁to ▁show ▁em otion ▁through ▁vocal ▁expression , ▁specifically ▁the ▁r umble ▁vocal ization . ▁R umb les ▁are ▁frequency ▁mod ulated , ▁harm on ically ▁rich ▁calls ▁with ▁fundamental