Elephants greet each other by "saying hello" and gesturing

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/elephants-greet-each-other-by-saying-hello-and-gesturing.html

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[awfulhorrid]

I love seeing elephants, but I must acknowledge that you really need to watch your step when walking around the Jafuta Reserve.

[Shuck]

@pesco

would engage in ear flapping to capture the attention of an unobservant peer

Huh, so ear-flapping is the elephant equivalent of waving!

[leicester]

That was quite the multimedia presentation.

[Gyrofrog]

@pesco

Interestingly, additional behaviors like urination, defecation, and the secretion of sweat from the temporal gland—which releases distinct odors—were also part of their greeting rituals.