Elephants use seismic vibrations to communicate over 10 km

Elephants can detect infrasound and seismic vibrations through the ground, allowing them to communicate over distances exceeding 10 kilometres. Researchers at Harvard Medical School, led by Dr. Sunil Puria, studied this ability by analysing natural elephant bones in laboratory conditions. The mechanism resembles in-ear headphones — the elephant "blocks" the ear to amplify low-frequency body sounds.

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