Elephants communicate using rumbles you can't hear
African elephants use powerful, unheard infrasound rumbles to communicate across vast distances, coordinating herds and ensuring survival in challenging environments.
African elephants produce powerful, low-frequency infrasound rumbles, sounds below the human hearing range, to communicate over incredible distances of up to 10 kilometers. First documented in the 1980s by researcher Katy Payne, these rumbles are generated by vibrating vocal cords and travel efficiently through both air and ground.
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