Learning to Speak Elephant: Choruses of Rumbles Help Groups Coordinate
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This study analyzed the choral sounds of African savanna elephants using AI to identify situational information about the herd and elucidated the phenomenon of acoustic convergence, where sounds between individuals become similar. It confirmed the possibility of coordinated collective behavior in elephant societies by learning from 36 years of data.
Learning to speak elephant: Choruses of rumbles help groups coordinate
Choruses of African elephant rumbles appear to become more similar in certain situations, including reuniting or coordinating what to do next. Now, new research published in Scientific Reports provides evidence that elephant rumble choruses function as group signals.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Joo-young = African elephants are frequently observed making low rumbles in groups. Such... of elephants
Writing Science, 1 Oct (EFE).- Elephants communicate by low-frequency roars, in many cases imperceptible to the human ear. Now, a team of researchers has discovered that 60% of those sounds occur in ‘group chores’ that contain information about their feelings or actions. The work, carried out by [...] The entry ‘Cores’ of elephants talk about their feelings and actions was first published in HolaNews.
A female elephant in Amboseli, Kenya, has strayed a few hundred meters from her family. She lifts her head, flaps her ears rhythmically, and lets out a deep rumble. There is a response, and soon several elephants are rumbling at the same time. That sounds like a jumble, but the message remains understandable. In fact: during consultation, […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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