<h5>Elephants can call each other by name!</h5><p>We call each other by our names. These names give us a unique identity and make us feel recognised.</p><p>Surprisingly, it has been found that wild African elephants can also call each other by their names. However, their way of doing so is different than ours.</p><p>This information was revealed in a study published in the Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution journal.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Elephant_db434d9eed.jpg" alt="Elephant.jpg"><figcaption>An African elephant. Photo by WWF.</figcaption></figure><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 one another using distinct rumbling sounds that seem to function as their individual names.</p><p>Wild elephants use rumbling sounds instead of names like "Niharika" or "Akash."</p><p>Imagine it like this: elephants make rumbling sounds like "grrr" or "rumm". Each elephant has a unique rumble that it responds to, much like how we react to 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 study's fieldwork was done at the Amboseli National Park and the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, both in Kenya.</p><p>The researchers found a “name-like” quality in the sounds the individual elephants recognised and responded to when the call was replayed. This shows that elephants are very intelligent animals.</p><p>Still, more research is needed to understand this communication process fully.</p>

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