SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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Question
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a visual message by raising its trunk high into the air
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a visual message by quickly flapping its ears back and forth
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an auditory message by making a trumpeting sound
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an auditory message by blowing bubbles into water
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Detailed explanation-1: -They use their heads, eyes, mouth, ears, tusks, trunk, tail, feet and even their whole body to signal messages to one another. An angry elephant, for example, can be seen flapping its ears, kicking up dust, tossing its trunk and even charging.
Detailed explanation-2: -The behemoths communicate with low-frequency rumbles, called infrasounds, that can travel more than a mile. Scientists wondered whether elephants create them by purring like cats or by singing like humans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Elephants can communicate using very low frequency sounds, with pitches below the range of human hearing. These low-frequency sounds, termed “infrasounds, ” can travel several kilometers, and provide elephants with a “private” communication channel that plays an important role in elephants’ complex social life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Infrasound. Elephants can produce infrasonic calls which occur at frequencies less than 20 Hz. Infrasonic calls are important, particularly for long-distance communication, in both Asian and African elephants.
Detailed explanation-5: -Elephants can communicate over distances as far as 6 km by using very low-frequency sound waves.