Elephants can make noises as loud as 103 decibels. That’s like hearing a jet fly overhead at 1000 feet!

Communication is important to these very social animals; it allows them to pass down information to younger generations and form strong bonds with one another. Since elephants don’t have the greatest vision they rely heavily on their other senses, like hearing. When elephants communicate they often use low frequency sounds, called infrasound, some of which is passed through the ground. Elephants are great at remembering calls and figuring out who’s doing the talking. These massive mammals can pick out when a sound is being made by a family member, some older females can even recognize the calls made by of over 100 different elephants!

http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct102005/1200.pdf

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  1. That’s amazing!

    I have a question, if I accidentally selected a school when I was looking through the list, and my school wasn’t actually there, how do I get rid of the school on my profile?

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  3. Thank you, but I can’t find an option for no school.

    Elephants are amazing creatures. Most people don’t realize how special creatures are and don’t admire them. After reading this article I find it hard not to admire them. 🙂