European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Elephant talk ill it s not Tummy rumbling Jan Ziegler United press International ush pilots and Hunters in Africa used to say that elephants innards rumble like Low Thunder when the beasts Are contented but i Heise is actually a form of conversation hat May communicate everything from danger to ardor. Elephants talk to each other by producing sounds of very Low frequency ranging from the lowest audible to via human ear is Way below win Ftp specialist Kalis Paine has found it turns out there s quite an extensive communication system and quite a repertoire of sounds that Are too Low of us to Hoar Paine said a a recall world wildlife fund seminar in Washington. It s not Tummy rumbling said Russell train head of the fund. Paine and colleagues including Joyce pools of the african wildlife foundation who have studied elephants in Alica believe the Low pitched banter originating in he annals throats and som limes causing a if Rob in i hair foreheads explains certain puzzling aspects of elephant behaviour. For instance ii explains How elephants that have been standing around in the veld can suddenly form a cohesive Herd and Hotl ool if away from danger when ror instance 3 Masai Warrior shows up. Preliminary calculations indicate the sounds May be audible to other elephants up to 6 Miles away this May explain How Elepha Rols Sacri to be ahle to keep track of each others locations even when separated and How different families can travel in absolutely parallel tracks unseen Jav each other. Erma Bumbeck elephants. Uka whales tha big boy of the use Tow pitched Infra Only found to . My guess is. In resound communication enables a up hands to spread Oul in the dry season for foraging and still know where each other is said Paine referring to frequencies below the Range that can be heard by humans. Most important it May enable them to find males in spite of the tact they live at a distance irom one she said. For some reason Paine said pools s work has shown dominant bulls who leave Pineir Gwng areas to lir d a mate always Latch on to Lead females who Are ready for them oven though tha be Malcov period of estrus May last Only 24 hours. Low frequency elephantine coms highers and where Art thous doubtless have something to do with this. Said Paine whose work is sponsored by the Whf. Ii can t happen randomly she said. Paine and a colleague have recorded More than 1,000 Calls and have begun classifying them. The next question that we have is Over what distances Are these Calls effective she Saint. Paine plans to travel Back to Elosha a Reserve in Namibia where she has done her research to play some elephant recordings at various distances from live elephants and see what the response is and How far away they can be heard Paine a research associate in the Laboratory of ornithology at Cornell University stumbled across the phenomenon White silting in a elephant Cage at the Washington Park zoo in Portland Ore. She realized she had Felt a of throb in the air. Ii occurred to me Shis had happened to me before when i was in the presence of close Thunder when i blood near an Organ pipe that was playing very Tow she said. In the. Roo the elephants tended to Call to one another when zoo keepers came or left or when they heard other elephants calling she said. She said it was the first time a land animal had been found to make infrasonic noises. Paine previously spent More than a decade researching whales which also have an infrasonic communication system with former husband Roger Paine. 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