This is a snap during my elephant safari at Periyar Tiger reserve forest.Mom was extra cautious on the kid .We were in pin drop silence to reach out this group .How ever they able to detect our presence and changes on the surroundings.After few minutes the whole group disappeared in the deep forest.I been told that elephants can communicate over long distances by producing a sub-sonic rumble that can travel over the ground faster than sound through air. Other elephants receive the messages through the sensitive skin on their feet and trunks. It is believed that this is how potential mates and social groups communicate.Elephants are extremely intelligent animals and have memories that span many years. It is this memory that serves matriarchs well during dry seasons when they need to guide their herds, sometimes for tens of miles, to watering holes that they remember from the past. They also display signs of grief, joy, anger and play.
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