大象会模仿彼此的隆隆叫声

Animal behaviour Elephants like to keep in touch with the family Christa Lesté-Lasserre ELEPHANTS appear to harmonise their vocal rumbles when they join together to form choruses, tuning their voices to sound more alike as the chorus unfolds. The findings could offer new insights into how elephants communicate and navigate life within their complex societies, says Sara Keen at Earth Species Project, a US non-profit organisation that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to attempt to decode non-human animal communication. “It’s sort of like what humans do in conversation, where you almost start to adopt the speaking patterns or accents of whoever you’re interacting with,” says Keen. …