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Do elephants use seismic signals (sound waves transferred through the ground) to communicate with one another?

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Experiments have shown that elephant vocalizations and movements do travel through the ground as seismic or Raleigh waves and that elephants are able to detect and respond to these vibrations, picking them up via their extremely sensitive feet.



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