Petra van Cronenburg<p>'Like our human families, they’re not together all the time — they may split up ... When family members reunite after having been separated, they greet one another with a special rumble and greeting ceremony.'<br>Great interview with Dr Joyce Poole about elephants calling themselves with names (yes, like dolphins do): <a href="https://bioneers.org/how-elephants-call-each-other-by-name-joyce-poole-on-a-lifetime-of-listening-zmaz2507/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bioneers.org/how-elephants-cal</span><span class="invisible">l-each-other-by-name-joyce-poole-on-a-lifetime-of-listening-zmaz2507/</span></a> <br>More infos about the study (2024) on her website: <a href="https://elephantvoices.org/latest-news-updates/enewsletters/like-us-elephants-have-names-too" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elephantvoices.org/latest-news</span><span class="invisible">-updates/enewsletters/like-us-elephants-have-names-too</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elephants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elephants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elefant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elefant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AnimalCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>