A short (less than a second), high-pitched, high intensity Trumpet emitted by elephants engaged in spirited lone or Social Play and emitting. Some Play-Trumpets have a flatter reverberating quality, almost like a loud nose-blow and spectrographically these show more noise. Elephants of both sexes and all ages may engage in Play-Trumpeting, though it is more frequently heard among younger elephants.
After Drinking at the swamp, juvenile elephants are playing in the Sporobolis consimilus grass. There are many Play-Trumpets although it is difficult to determine which elephants are trumpeting. (Amboseli, Kenya)
