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Scientists Are Decoding Elephant Rumble Calls, Including ‘Greetings’ and ‘Coos’

Scientists are piecing together why elephants make these low calls and what they might mean

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Elephants hum to communicate over kilometers. Using AI, researchers have deciphered the infrasonic sounds and identified typical messages in the social life of animals.

·Berlin, Germany
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For humans, the almost silent infrasonic scroll is a central sound in the vocal repertoire of elephants. A team led by the Viennese behavioral researcher Angela Stöger-Horwath, using artificial intelligence (AI), has synthesized this rouble-roof and recently played it to a herd in the savannah in northern South Africa. The big research question is whether the thick skins of [...]

For humans, the almost silent infrasonic scroll is a central sound in the vocal repertoire of elephants. A team led by the Viennese behavioral researcher Angela Stöger-Horwath has synthesized this "Rumble" call using artificial intelligence (AI) and recently presented it to a herd in the savannah in northern South Africa. The big research question is whether the thick skins can be impressed by the AI sounds.

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vienna.at broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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