Elephants vocalize in a wide range of situations.
They call to advertise physiological or hormonal state, to warn or
threaten, to demonstrate strong emotions, to announce needs or desires,
to propose, negotiate or discuss a plan of action, to coordinate group
movement, to secure group defence, to care for calves, to elicit care
or support, to reinforce bonds between family and friends, to reconcile
differences, and to assert dominance. Elephants communicate with one
another using over 70 different call types.
The substantial collection of elephant vocalizations is a core part of ElephantVoices, and when analyzed according to appropriate methodology selections of the material and descriptions will be made available online.
The collection will contain:
Name of each call;
Description of each call;
Sample spectrograms of each call,
Sample audio files for each call;
Photograph and/or video of an elephant's posture while
vocalizing;
