Can Elephants Sense When We’re Watching Them?

Can Elephants Sense When We’re Watching Them?

With their enormous flapping ears and iconic elongated trunks, elephants have long been thought to primarily rely on acoustic and olfactory signals to navigate and communicate within their environment. Their gestures and visually mediated interactions have historically been undervalued, chiefly because the bulk of visual communication studies has centered on species like nonhuman primates, who are predominantly reliant on sight for social intera…