For elephants, deciding to leave watering hole demands conversation
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
In the wilds of Africa, when it's time for a family of elephants gathered at a watering hole to leave, the matriarch of the group gives the "let's-go rumble"—as it's referred to in scientific literature—kicking off a coordinated and well-timed conversation, of sorts, between the leaders of the clan.