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Elephants call out to each other using individual names that they invent for their fellow pachyderms, a study said on Monday.
"This indicates that elephants can determine whether a call was intended for them just by hearing the call, even when out of its original context," the behavioural ecologist at Colorado State UniversityThe researchers sifted through elephant"rumbles" recorded at Kenya's Samburu National Reserve and Amboseli National Park between 1986 and 2022.algorithm, they identified 469 distinct calls, which included 101 elephants issuing a call and 117 receiving one.
Adults were also more likely to use names than calves, suggesting it could take years to learn this particular talent.
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