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UNDERSTANDING HUMAN LANGUAGES: AFRICAN & ASIAN ELEPHANT

African elephants and Asian elephants show fascinating differences in their understanding of human language. With their larger social structures and complex communication systems, African elephants demonstrate remarkable sensitivity to human commands, especially when they involve their familiar keepers. They can often respond to specific signals and impressively precise training allows elephants to detect potential threats by responding differently to recordings from different human tribes. This demonstrates their remarkable memory and knowledge of the humans they coexist with.
African elephants can differentiate between human voices from various African ethnic groups, particularly their ability to identify the tones of Maasai women and Kamba men. This distinction is significant because it suggests that elephants can recognize threats based on their history of interactions with these groups, demonstr…