SCB: Elephant noises
Here’s an update on interesting research trying to a get a handle on the number of forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in Africa. These animals, which are smaller and thiner-trunked than savannah elephants, live beneath trees, so are harder to count. But they do make noisel—low deep rumbles that travel great distances. Once it was determined that the elephants call at a fairly constant rate, researchers at Cornell began counting the calls to estimate of the number of animals. Read more