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The Delight Makers Website reports that "For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives. The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the ‘Elephant Whisperer.’"

The elephants lingered there for two days, to say goodbye. But how did they know he died? There is some evidence that elephants communicate with each other–and with humans–telepathically.
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Strange things are going on in this world: Whitley has talked to an elephant telepathically and we know that elephants communicate by stomping their feet. Now it turns out that they talk to each other SECRETLY too, by using low-frequency sounds that humans can’t hear.

A research team that spent months monitoring conversations between its resident herd of African elephants now believe that the animals communicate complex information. In addition to the trumpet calls which we can all hear, elephants emit a subtle growl or rumble. Most of these are transmitted at frequencies much too low to be heard by humans.
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When it comes to attracting the opposite sex, every species has its own methods. Birds sport colorful plumage and inviting songs. We?re all familiar with the human ways of doing it. Elephants? Males listen for the inviting thumps of female footsteps.

When scientists played a tape of female elephant footsteps to a group of males, they headed straight for the sounds. In BBC News, James Morgan quotes elephant expert Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell as saying, “You see the male in the video pressing his trunk against the ground. He’s on a mission?he’s looking for that female in [heat].”

Art credit: freeimages.co.uk
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The lives of elephants are still a mystery. Can they even communicate telepathically? Let’s hope we can learn more about them before they become extinct. And not all of them live in the jungle. Some of them even create art!

Some elephants live in the desert of Namibia. In BBC News, Rebecca Morelle quotes researcher Martyn Colbeck as saying, “Elephants normally drink every day, but the desert elephant has adapted to go up to five days without drinking. Just behind the tongue they have this little pouch?[which] allows the elephants to?store several liters of water?” They not only drink this water, they use it to give themselves cooling showers with their trunks.

Art credit: gimp-savvy.com
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