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Secret Language of Elephants on 60 Minutes [Video]

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CBS Television's 60 Minutes aired a program on elephant vocalization and communication. The fifteen minute video introduces Andrea Turkalo and the work of The Elephant Listening Project. Can researchers crack their code and create an elephant dictionary? There are some great clips of elephant rumbles, warning sounds, baby cries, and complaining sounds of protest. The show also touches briefly on the subsonic sounds that elephants make to communicate with each other that are outside our range of hearing. 

on April 05, 2011 in Television, Movies, Music |

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Wow! This video is so totally amazing. I am very happy to have come across your site. I am what some call "an elephant addict" have been all my life and proud of it :-)
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Posted by: Cynthia | April 19, 2011 at 03:20 PM

It's an interesting take on the animal communication. There are still a lot to learn.

Posted by: call recording software | December 12, 2011 at 01:19 AM

I just wanted to take the time to say thank you!! I am so unbelievable happy I stumbled across your site. I am thankful to know there are others out there that have an appreciation for elephants. I feel your site will help me be more knowlegable about these subjects and hope I will have a deeper relationship because of it. Thank you so so much!

Posted by: Rebecca | January 16, 2012 at 09:11 AM

We shouldn't pattern animal communication on human methodology. I think there's an entirely different take to it.

Posted by: thailand villas | April 15, 2012 at 06:19 PM

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