Scientific American
An online animal catalogue lets you decode communications and other behaviors for everyone’s favorite pachyderm
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When a male African savanna elephant folds his ears while simultaneously waving them, he’s ready for a fight. When a female folds her ears and accompanies the action with an ear flap, that means she’s also issuing a serious threat. But when elephants come together and fold their ears while also rapidly flapping them, the animals are expressing a warm, affiliative greeting that is part of their bonding ceremonies.
Elephants possess an incredibly rich repertoire of communication techniques, including hundreds of calls and gestures that convey specific meanings and can change depending on the context. Different elephant populations also exhibit culturally learned behaviors unique to their specific group. Elephant behaviors are so complex, in fact, that even scientists may struggle to keep up with them all. Now, to get the animals and
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Wildlife Photographer Captures a Beautiful Image of an Elephant in Front of a Double Rainbow
This beautifully timed photograph shows the moment an African elephant appears to pose for a photograph in front of a double rainbow.
Jeffrey Wu, a professional wildlife photographer from Toronto, Canada, was filming a documentary on the plains of Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya when storm clouds gathered.
Wu said: “The heavy downpour lasted about one and a half hours, but right after the rain a beautiful double rainbow occurred in the sky.”
After taking a few shots of the lion under the rainbow, as Wu’s team was still filming the pride, his driver, Ole Ronko Jack, managed to spot an elephant wandering all by himself on a hilltop toward the east.