Keeping an “Ear” to the Ground: Seismic Communication in Elephants

Publication Type: Journal Article
Year: 2007
Authors: C. E. O'Connell-Rodwell
Journal: Physiology
Keywords: , , , ,
ISBN: 1548-9213 1548-9221

Abstract

This review explores the mechanisms that elephants may use to send and receive seismic signals from a physical, anatomical, behavioral, and physiological perspective. The implications of the use of the vibration sense as a multimodal signal will be discussed in light of the elephant’s overall fitness and survival.

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