What is an african elephant thinking?
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The oldest female runs it. A matriarch holds the routes, the water and the social map, and the herd follows her judgement - which is why losing the oldest animal costs a herd far more than losing any other member.
They coordinate below our hearing. Elephants produce infrasonic rumbles that travel several kilometres, so herds well out of sight of each other are still in conversation.
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