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Elephant songs

By Stephen Ornes / August 20, 2012
Elephants sometimes communicate with sounds below the range of human ears. Researchers recently found that air rushing through the larynx can create the superlow sounds. Credit: Angela S. Stoeger

Scientists figure out how elephants make their low, low rumble

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