Using individual-specific vocal labels - names - is rare but not unprecedented in the animal kingdom.
WASHINGTON - Over the years, researchers who study elephants have noticed an intriguing phenomenon. Sometimes when an elephant makes a vocalisation to a group of other elephants, all of them respond. But sometimes when that same elephant makes a similar call to the group, only a single individual responds.A new study involving wild African savannah elephants in Kenya lends support to this idea.
The elephants responded more strongly on average to calls apparently addressed to them. When they heard such a call, they tended to behave more enthusiastically, walk toward the audio source and make more vocalisations than when they heard one apparently meant for someone else. “The fact that elephants address one another as individuals highlights the importance of social bonds - and specifically, maintaining many different social bonds - for these animals.”
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