Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Elephants Call Each Other by Name

Recent research suggests that elephants have special sounds for individual elephants, sounds which we call "names".  The calls are both infrasonic and sonic so humans can only hear part of the name, but special low frequency microphones have recorded the rumblings between elephants.  Here is a clip explaining the discovery. The elephants appear rusty red because they live in Kenya where the soil is reddish in color: