<h5>Elephants can call each other by name!</h5><p>“Hey Akash! Hi Niharika!” - &nbsp;isn’t this how we call each other using our names? The name that is associated with us gives us a unique identity. Hearing the name provides us with a sense of recognition.</p><p>Like how we call each other by our names, wild African elephants also address each other by their names. This information was revealed in a study published in the Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution journal.</p><figure class="image"><img alt="Elephant.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Elephant_db434d9eed.jpg"><figcaption>An African elephant. Photo by WWF.</figcaption></figure><p>However, the process is different from ours.</p><h5>What’s the process for elephants?</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WSmIat8BKpU" title="How Elephant Families Communicate and Bond | Secrets of the Elephants" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><figcaption>A video on how elephant families communicate. Video by National Geographic.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The wild elephants appear to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be interpreted as their individual names.</p><p>Instead of using names like Niharika, Akash, etc., they use different rumbling sounds that act like their names.</p><p>Imagine it to be like a rumbling sound like “grrr” or “rumm” that the elephants make. Each elephant has its own unique rumble that it associates with and responds to, just like we do after hearing our names.</p><h5>How was the study conducted?</h5><p>The rumbling sounds are difficult for humans to differentiate. So, the researchers recorded the sounds and used artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology to study and differentiate them.</p><p>The fieldwork for the study was conducted at the Amboseli National Park and Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves. Both places are located in Kenya.</p><p>The researchers found a “name-like” component in the sounds that the individual elephants recognised and responded to when the call was replayed.</p><p>The elephants also understood when a rumbling sound was meant for them, and they responded to those calls quickly. The communication process of the wild elephants highlights their intelligence.</p><p>Still, more research is required to understand this communication process in a better manner.</p>

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