Elephants call to each other by name

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Elephants call to each other by name

1:02 CAT | 12 Jun 2024

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Elephants call out to each other using their names, according to research from a new study.

Researchers in the US found that, like humans, African elephants in Kenya will call to their friends with individual rumbles and grumbles.

The scientists are excited because their discovery “not only shows that elephants use specific vocalisations for each individual, but that they recognise and react to a call addressed to them while ignoring those addressed to others”, said study author, Michael Pardo.

Other animals, like dolphins and parrots are known to copy sounds, but the study suggests elephants and humans are the only two species on Earth known to invent unique names for each other.

Source: BBC