Elephants are highly intelligent, social creatures that live in “fission-fusion societies,” meaning they regularly split up—then later reunite—as they roam around their environment.
The study, published in Communications Biology, identified approximately 20 movements associated with elephant greetings.
Doma (male) and Kariba (female) greeting. Source: Vesta Eleuteri, used with permission. Like other species that live in multi-level societies, African savannah elephants regularly separate and ...
Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests. When elephants reunite with friends, they greet each other with ear flaps ...
Scientists have discovered the strange way that African elephants like to communicate with each other: by defecating. The new study, published in Communications Biology by researchers at the ...
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New research explores how African savannah elephants use vocalizations, gestures and secretions when they meet up with companions Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent When humans meet up with a ...