The Secret Language of Elephants: Machine Learning Reveals Individual Names

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We call them elephants, but they refer to each other by name. Researchers discovered the floppy-eared behemoths gossip in low-frequency rumbles.

• Machine learning helped ID specific name sounds

• Then played the names near elephants

• Individuals responded more to calls originally directed at them

Call-patterns were not consistent across different groups, indicating elephant names seems to be on an individual relationship level. Suggesting we still have much to learn about their intricate nicknamed lives. They really have great memory to remember all those names, including their own!

Source: ars Technica

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