Are elephants scared of mouses?

Question

this part of my science homework. please help me :(

Answer 1

not scared exactly but they clearly try to avoid them

Answer 2

i saw this on mythbusters...but the problem i have with their "experiment" is they used a white mouse...pretty much white mice don't exist (for long) in the wild. and i'm more likely to believe the elephant was thinking "WTF was that?!" as opposed to "EEK! a mouse!"

Answer 3

yes they showed it on the discovery channel a while back

Answer 4

Dumbo's best friend was a mouse.

Answer 5

I heard on the animal planet that it is true

Answer 6

It was my understanding wild elephants are a little uneasy but not in an absolute panic. Domestic elephants, used as steeds or in zoos, aren't uneasy in the slightest by a mouse.

Answer 7

Yes!  Its true!  I recently saw an epside of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters where the tested this exact myth.

They placed a small object over a mouse and waited for an elephant to come near.  Then they pulled off the object with a string revealing a mouse.  The elephant instantly turned and went around the mouse.  Which means there wasn't a huge stampede like you see on cartoons, but it still means the elephant was afraid of it and avoided it as much as possible.