{"id":16744,"date":"2017-03-14T13:53:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=16744"},"modified":"2017-04-07T21:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:14:53","slug":"utc-elephant-psychology-expert-dr-preston-foerder-quoted-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/utc-elephant-psychology-expert-dr-preston-foerder-quoted-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC elephant psychology expert Dr. Preston Foerder quoted on NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16745\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" data-attachment-id=\"16745\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/utc-elephant-psychology-expert-dr-preston-foerder-quoted-nbc-news\/nbcnewselephants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1372,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nbcnewselephants\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A herd of African elephants walks in Addo Elephant National Park, some 60 kms outside of Port Elizabeth on Nov. 15, 2009. Photo credit Alexander Joe \/ AFP\/Getty Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A herd of African elephants walks in Addo Elephant National Park, some 60 kms outside of Port Elizabeth on Nov. 15, 2009. Photo credit Alexander Joe \/ AFP\/Getty Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-1024x746.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"A herd of African elephants walks in Addo Elephant National Park, some 60 kms outside of Port Elizabeth on Nov. 15, 2009. Photo credit Alexander Joe \/ AFP\/Getty Images\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-580x423.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-610x445.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-250x182.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants-549x400.jpg 549w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/03\/nbcnewselephants.jpg 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Alexander Joe \/ AFP\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>UTC\u2019s own resident elephant psychology expert, assistant professor of psychology Dr. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/psychology\/profiles\/faculty\/foerder.php\">Preston Foerder<\/span><\/a>, was recently quoted on NBC News regarding elephant sleep patterns.<\/p>\n<p>The article details the study of of two matriarchal elephants in Botswana&#8217;s Chobe National Park, which showed that the animals sleep about two hours a day &#8211; less than any other mammals, and less than other elephants in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps elephants in larger family groups sleep longer due to increased protection of having other elephants aware of their surroundings,&#8221; said Foerder. &#8220;It&#8217;s also possible that they take turns sleeping. Elephants are in a fission-fusion social group, meaning that groups tend to split up and come back together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full article here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/environment\/wild-elephants-sleep-just-2-hours-puzzling-scientists-ucla-study-n728941\">Up all night: Wild elephants sleep just two hours a day, new study finds.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A study of matriarchal elephants in Botswana revealed the lumbering creatures only slept for two hours a day \u2014 apparently the least of any mammals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTC\u2019s own resident elephant psychology expert, Dr. Preston Foerder, was recently quoted on NBC News regarding elephants&#8217; unusual sleep patterns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/utc-elephant-psychology-expert-dr-preston-foerder-quoted-nbc-news\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":857,"featured_media":16745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,61,7712,286],"tags":[48322,48321],"class_list":{"0":"post-16744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-faculty-and-staff","10":"category-psychology","11":"tag-nbc-news","12":"tag-preston-foerder","13":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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