60 Minutes Presents: Secret Language of Elephants

Researchers listening to elephant sounds and observing their behavior are compiling an elephant dictionary. Bob Simon listens to the language of the forest elephants first hand.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

The death of the calf broke my heart. The family members trying to revive the baby was too sad. These are intelligent, emotional creatures that deserve our respect and protection. And especially our love.💕🐘💕

[@savethaelephants1202]

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[@IlGattonero13]

If this area would become a killing field without her constant presence, then Andrea is risking her life every day to study and protect these animals. What a brave woman, and a brave way to live a life. I hope there's someone to take her place when she retires.

[@dvdrwsor]

May God keep her and the elephants safe!

[@hprathod7057]

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[@adamsmith5151]

Very good observation! Some people value payment from tusks over a human life. Sad but true.

[@SamSneed-th4du]

@Muhammad Neil No one gives a shit

[@chadsimmons6347]

She didnt save the baby elephant, what a brave woman looking at a dead baby all day

[@Astrapionte]

Forest elephants are my fav animal atm. Majestic, eccentric, and elusive - all my fav characteristics of animals.

[@Lightwish01]

Elephants, dolphins, chimpanzees, killer whales are all animals that are exceptionally interesting and intelligent creatures. They can all verbally communicate, but we don’t understand them well enough to learn their languages. If we put more research into learning these animal languages then it would open doors of communication that would be earth shattering in the world of science. Can you imagine a dolphin telling you that it is feeling sick? How about an elephant that could give you directions to a watering hole 900 miles away? It’s true that elephants never forget and have shown to remember people and relationships that are 25 years old just like it happened yesterday.

[@ritamorris2352]

Thank you so much for this story. My late father was very much a respecter of animals and we shared the love and fascination of elephants. May they and all beings be blessed with long, contented lives.🐘💕

[@VeraxMusic]

Sorry about your loss (your father)

[@Cody-zd2ye]

I watched Adene Roode calming a very traumatised snare victim a baby called Fenya and it was a very low rumbling sound she made it absolutely won me over. Sadly this little elephant didn't make it but ended her days in the knowledge that she was loved. Adene Roode and her team perform miracles as do the other conservationists and Orphanage

[@mortalclown3812]

I've been following HERD for years. It broke my heart when that little calf died, too. I'm so glad Khanyisa is ok today - thriving, in fact. I know they're much smaller than Sheldrick's org, but I love seeing the micro of elephant conservation. May it radiate around the Earth as the sixth great extinction looms. 🐘🙏❤️

[@bettyderoo5984]

I also folow HERD everyday, i love to see and hear what they are upto.

[@tracywatts1459]

Herd follower too lol. 😂 that’s the beauty of algorithms. KZbin is showing us all elephants. Love it. I didn’t watch this because the comments mention a calf that didn’t make it. I prefer to watch happy endings like Kanysia .

[@ajobeidallah4210]

I Love Andrea Turkalo she's an amazing Biologist and she knows a lot about Elephants by their Names Sounds and Families and also their Behavior and RIP Bob Simon.

[@alcirocpapi8307]

I’ve watched 60mins in 14mins

[@adonnarowe1811]

😂😂

[@AnnemieM]

Wow what a calling that woman has. It seems so lonely where she is. Bless her.

[@sophienugre4161]

and in the company of very social creatures.

[@AnnemieM]

Yes you guys are right. I love tranquility and I love the company of animals as well.

[@ganymeade5151]

She is like an Angel or a Saint. She has a calling.

[@kensyskye8965]

AnnemieM it’s a dedication made through love and to me that’s the best thing anyone could do with their life! ✌🏻💕

[@kevingire8030]

RIP Bob Simon, this was one of your many pieces! You are sorely missed

[@simonbannow3905]

True he was absolutely great!

[@chirstophersjohnson]

Thank you for your life's work, Bob Simon.

[@wilddazethemovie4649]

thank you Andrea....you are amazing!

[@lazarusdouvos]

#savetheelephants god bless this womans work

[@sophienugre4161]

I want that dictionary. It's so awesome we finally start to meet other animals at eye level and learn how life looks like through their eyes.

[@ginaboxley162]

YES PLEASE XXX

[@suiteypies]

I worry that people such as poachers, would use something like this to trap and kill .

[@lizannewhitlow1085]

Don’t we all miss Bob Simon? I sure do.

[@jjenko6366]

beautiful place for elephants to chill. I bet that cabin is peaceful.

[@macdale4741]

She has done a wonderful job and service to elephants,thank you and god bless you

[@debrahouston2884]

The Answer to SAVING The ELEPHANT is to PERMANENTLY STAIN their TUSKS! Then their TUSKS have NO VALUE on the Black Mkt. THRILLED someone thought if this!!!

[@lovemusiceveryday]

love elephants,amazing animals.

[@veelighted7]

how sad when thy had a funeral for the deceased baby

[@LikeARoss72]

Two people didn't like this? Godless Heathens!

[@ginaboxley162]

THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY SEE!! WHY COMMENT ON WHAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND!!!! Their Hearts are made of STONE! Its about CO-EXISTENCE and HUMANITY has not LEARN to do that yet!!!

[@natureknows2850]

poachers

[@pascalecleriediaz3816]

@@natureknows2850 Agreed!

[@patrickgragg5602]

I got a feeling That the more they research all animals they're going to find out there's a giant amount of languages sophisticated language between animals. God isn't stupid, neither is his creation

[@honeygirltru]

Agree.

[@ChantalWalters]

How about using this information to have the USDA protect circus elephants, releasing Nosey for example to a sanctuary.

[@bspencer471]

Yes !! NOSEY IS FREE !! Court date on Dec 11th 2017.

[@1456Sassy]

Update on Nose! She's been at the TN elephant sanctuary!

[@patrickgragg5602]

The USDA is not in charge of protecting circus animals, look at what they are charged with in their protocol. It has nothing to do with animals other than farm animals

[@michaelovitch]

A device wich could replace automatically the inaudible frequency spectrum by an audible one for us while respecting the proportions could be cool to use. A direct translator for our ears. you could hear everything,not just visualise it.

[@jessiejames7492]

even dolphins have been studied for many years. until today scientists are no nearer to a break through....its been found out that dolphins also do have different pods, each with their own language and each family within the pod also has its own language. jJUST Like humans..different countries, different languages, differnt families speak differently ....

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Actually is you look up recent research, scientist say we are close to partially deciphering Dolphin language by 2021. And Dolphin pods dont have separate languages they have separate "Dialect"..

[@jessiejames7492]

@@mongolchiuud8931 thanks

[@JingoTastic]

@@jessiejames7492 The animal you were thinking of is orcas. They have different languages among their groups, which are made up of several pods pulled together by what they eat (seals, dolphins/porpoises, fish, etc). Orcas are dolphins, but I think they're the only ones who are like this. So you were partly right!!

[@jessiejames7492]

@@JingoTastic jacques cousteau and david atteborough both said that countries are so in a hurry to explore space while the earth is surrounded by oceans and seas not yet explored. how wonderful it would be if we learnt more... all countries want to do is kill and over fish the oceans natural resources. as usual , greedy humans

[@marianneritavanvliet4554]

I never have seen such wonderful video about the elephant how they really live and the sound from the elephants is what they think going to do something and what is there mood. Very nice to know. Thank you .

[@judy8117]

Just Amazing ♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️

[@romguttman5363]

Man 11 years later i want to know what more have they learned

[@sschlessinger22]

Right? I hadn't paid attention to the recording date when I started the video, however when I heard the journalist refer to her "using the internet to communicate with Cornell" and he said it in such a way like it was new and unusual to communicate that way, I had to go check when this was filmed! 😂 It caused me to follow up with a Google search and while they have learned so much more.....they say there is still so much to learn even now! Amazing animals!

[@romguttman5363]

@@sschlessinger22 lol. The internet IS new 😋 I wish humanity sped its resourses on the right stuff so we could know this answers already. And finally seriously talk to elephants. And to mess with the god damm squirrels morty !!!😂

[@sschlessinger22]

@@romguttman5363 - if you figure out how to do either of those things COUNT ME IN!! LOL Merry Xmas!

[@romguttman5363]

@@sschlessinger22 its easy you go to sleep early then u got many dream hours

[@randall2413]

There's nothing on Earth more beautiful than a few weeks old Elephant calf ❤ IMO 😊

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

My God Ive GOT TO GET THERE!!!❤ ** Andrea is a legend in this elephant research. There is a group of women (i just watched 2 other women give a seminar on elephant language/behavior last nite) performing extraordinary research that is gonna be so paramount to our knowledge on elephants! I think their work is gonna help save hundreds of elephants soon. Elephants, dogs, prime mates n if im not mistaken...dolphins too are the few other species in the world that experience the whole array of emotions that humans experience!😳 pretty amazing huh?lol think about it...its not uncommon for the wild prime mate in cambodia to own a stray dog! Theyre similar emotionally! A dog out to sea w its human wood think nothing of jumping into the water w the dolphin they just sailed up on! Im sure u have seen it a few times urself lol elephants in captivity almost always have a dog by their side lol😁 personally if i could id be owned by both a dog and an elephant!😁 but my yards not big enuf lmao *** i cant watch this stuff without feeling it rite in my heart! Every single time! Anything on elephants...gets me there in the same place...every time. The same place it gets me when i watch stuff on dogs❤smh idk, i just love em n wish i could be over there doing what shes doing or helping in some way. Dreams comes true sometimes lmao😉

[@kensyskye8965]

What an awesome woman and awesome life! 💕💕💕

[@brendamanning5235]

This is so fascinating.

[@kozmo7]

I sometimes wonder how much better off the world would be if humans didn't exist.

[@tedstriker6646]

koZmo .seVen better for whom?

[@tedstriker6646]

***** I am not so sure.

[@TheCompton1963]

jajaj....i hear ya.

[@tubejhar]

it would be perfect if the humans stayed and there were no sin, but i digress.....

[@piteusx8440]

Why would you think that? Nature is cruel. Natural selection is cruel. However, it's also what makes organisms evolve. It's what made the elephants as well as humans. What separates higher forms of intelligence is empathy. Humans have it. Whales have it. The great apes have it. Elephants have it. It's that empathy pushing humans to save elephants from the cruel forces of nature ... survival of the fittest. The idiots who poach are pushed by their most basic animal instinct ... to survive and thrive. That basic instinct always affects the ecosystem. Natural extinction is part of the universe. The reason humans should save the elephants is for our survival as well. To much change in our ecosystem could very well put our existence in doubt as well.

[@viclaney6575]

Talk about unsung heroes! Thank- you Andrea, and all those assisting her, for loving, respecting, protecting these magnificent beings and teaching us humans of their intrinsic beauty and worth. Regarding the poachers, would utilization of drones help? Are there any corporations willing to finance their purchase and programming, as too, that of additional security forces requisite for the capturing, hence deterring of the poachers? I will never understand the logic behind marketing expenditures in the millions assumed annually by the typical corporation as opposed to dollars far better spent building loyal, long- lasting corporate support through publicized philanthropic endeavors. Hopefully, our international community will realize, before its being too late, the need for louder, more insistent roar of objection to humans' cruel, selfish exploitation of those vulnerable however their magnificent size.

[@mortalclown3812]

If anyone's interested, check out the HERD channel. It's an elephant orphanage/sanctuary in South Africa. Their videos are longer and explain a lot about behavior, sounds, relationships, etc. It's an extraordinary place and they save ellies with zero sanctimony. :-)

[@winnifredforbes8712]

This is fascinating!

[@sepomubonda9913]

It would be nice for Africans themselves to tackle these studies. Regardless, she has done amazing work. Much respect for her.

[@jattalways1st]

I love Elephants 🐘🐘

[@DaGhostKing]

same

[@eleanorwittering3126]

How wonderous! Thank you!

[@myaccount36]

Sounds amazing. Especily sad but intresting about the dead elephant

[@neurophilosophers994]

They should be able to filter the sound as well to make it easier to distinguish vocalizations at different bands of frequencies.

[@cheraxl37]

Wonderful story & work.

[@ginaboxley162]

AMAZING and DEDICATED Work....how INCREDIBLY homourable and what a privledge to be working with these magnificent and majectic creatures. THANK YOU and may your work be acknowledged and shared for us to learn to understand what truelly complex and special ALL Elephants are. PROTECT THEM for they deserve to walk this planet far more than we do. May your work continue for many more years to come and how wonderful to maybe one day........be able to TALK WITH THE ANIMALS.

[@WildlifeObsessed]

How about CBS doing an Expose of Wildlife Trophy Hunting and air it 'live on national TV'. Let's get this subject out in the open ?

[@mickfunny4185]

WildlifeObsessed trump’s kids would be the stars

[@veelighted7]

elephants also mourn the loss of their own.

[@L_Train]

10:10 trying hard not to smile haha

[@liseouellet9705]

Fascinating !

[@careyostrer6193]

I do hope the poaching of the central African forest elephants has slowed down....ideally stopped completely. This woman was sometimes the only one able to alert Rangers and try to protect them. They were being decimated well as the programme said 10% per year.

[@jessiejames7492]

+Carey Ostrer no it hasnt. in fact it has escalated...even african nations or some of them are selling big game hunting licenses to the rich...Corrupted countries...are like tht....

[@dbertobis]

It is a thousand times worse, sorry to say. Corruption made by chinese loggers and others is destroying the central african forest, the animals everything over there. Sad, very sad.

[@maryedelguzman2874]

Carey Ostrer Eight years after this reporting, two years after your posting, the deteriorating security and war in CAR have exacerbated poaching of elephants and other wildlife.

[@Applecider-Poetry]

feed and provide for Africa=as much as long as it takes=save the animals -------------the animals and people, culture is lost from colonization. never forget.

[@gc235]

beautiful

[@elictrical5970]

I like when she said ''I made it my responsibility to protect them, otherwise I have no right to study them.''. True.

[@tarahaugo6522]

Amazing

[@tm502010]

Awesome!

[@gargoor]

wow how much time an individual spends to study one thing with abundance of passion ,incredible , elephant vocals !!! ! ! can some1 tell me the goal again of this study

[@chrisxavier3147]

That is serious dedication

[@MangySquirrel]

This is an area where A.I. is going to be able to help us analyse the sound archive and interpret what they are saying in real time. Human beings simply don't have memories and working memories large enough to process the vast amount of information.

[@hinasamal1711]

unicoding sounds for actions is the language only . but love by nurturing them starts love and then continuous communication with love

[@jbayne7761]

Awesome

[@Frostytravels]

one day we will realize just how much of a pest we as humans are.....to even think of harming such a gentle animal is unconscionable. We need to realize we are only dominate because we, unfortunately have learned to kill....Sad really.

[@sitarainbow8837]

Frosty, I feel your Heart - & I'm with you. This work is at least being done via observation. Just watched a vid where the scientists were so cruel & callous - albeit unknowingly. They chose to broadcast the elephant danger call, then watch them quickly leave their watering hole. Not enough to just send it through the air, they also buried something able to send the lower-frequency sounds through the ground - but with the same results - chasing them away from their watering hole in caution or fear. Strange, that they didn't consider using another sound - perhaps one that announced a new food source or something pleasant. All of this done with such blind arrogance, never even considering informing the elephants in any way. All such science teams would do well to hire an Animal Communicator as one of their staff. These are amazingly intelligent creatures who deserve our respect. ~♥~

[@daddiojones238]

Yes, we're the only animals that have learned to kill.......does that make any sense.....no, it does not! Go to school, get off the internet, you've wasted your entire life thus far!

[@Frostytravels]

unfortunately i have my doctorate and now am retired....but i still do study often....and i never feel as though i have wasted my life.

[@sitarainbow8837]

Good for you, Frosty. Hating ourselves won't bear the fruit we desire. It's partially because we've been programmed to be so down on ourselves that we do these things. Better to celebrate the many that are waking up, to share their work as fine examples. One day we'll realize that it's consciousness that creates everything, all dimensions. We'll then realize how diving down into negativity just feeds & grows that negativity, holding us back. Nothing is what we take it to be, & finding that Love that is Source in Heart is the awakening. All of life is conscious, even a stone - just in a different frequency, at a different speed, so most don't perceive their consciousness. For instance, all trees are joined via their interlacing root systems & they're conscious & aware, as are all 2-leggeds & 4-leggeds, the finned & the scaled creatures, as well. What a joy & delight we have yet to discover, just waiting for us to rise up in consciousness, in frequency, ourselves. Love is the way. ~♥~

[@wuddude1599]

Frosty, Andrea Turkalo is not a pest and neither am I. Perhaps a more judicial use of the language is in order?

[@brendamarshall-lewis5093]

She was right she is in paradise, heaven wouldn’t be heaven if there weren’t elephants and other wonderful and not so wonderful (perceived) animals but it would be heaven to be with these gentle giants without barriers or forced enclosure.

[@lillbrittz]

That’s so Incredible

[@deborahjones6066]

Fascinating

[@bobhart6656]

Warching other living creatures have a funeral precession is one or the most life changing experiences one can have. When I was 16, I was startled when a large hairy thing crawled out of a tiny hole in the wall. When it ran across the room, I smashed it so it wouldn't bite me or my dog and decided I'd clean it up again when I'd get up again from bed. When I layed back down and looked above my head, more of them came down with their webs and I froze in shock from the sheer amount of grey furred tarantulas almost the size of my hand coming out of this hole no bigger than my nostril. And when I looked across the room, they were forming a line. One-by-one, they single filed and walked by the body and would stop every time by it for seconds to minutes at a time. The others would leave outside of the room under the screen door. From that moment forward, I never killed another spider save for brown recluses and black widows. But never something like those big, magnificent arachnids who never really presented a threat at all. I learned to love and appreciate every creature from then on and weigh the life and death of each one accordingly. All life is precious.

[@equarg]

Interesting fact. Apparently African and Asian Elephants have slightly different communication methods. Housing the 2 together is not recommended! Apparently it's been found that Asian Elephant calfs are vulnerable to African Elephant germs/parisites that can kill them!

[@FMHammyJ]

RIP Bob Simon.......

[@randolphfredriksz9176]

People should stop buying ivory, what’s the matter with these people.

[@mortalclown3812]

RIP, Bob Simon.

[@thecontract503]

Awesome love the Elephants coz Í am 1

[@francesjfusaro5725]

I love Elephants ❤️❤️❤️

[@RAUSHAN..KUMAR..KASHYAP]

Lord Ganesha❤

[@gh00stie62]

Anybody else ugly cry at the elephant that got upset when it was near the dead baby? Just me? Ok... 😢😞

[@kristenk.8225]

Kelly Purtell yessss

[@Miaumiaupachamama]

awesome

[@ub1953]

Elephants do more for the betterment of this earth than humans ever could.....

[@RAUSHAN..KUMAR..KASHYAP]

Dream job ❤

[@Cody-zd2ye]

I adore the sound of the low frequency rumbling sounds these animals make I can never imagine the feeling a fellow human being feels after having ended a life just to make a small meaningless profit from something so utterly sacred.shame shame shame I'm without words

[@jojom1817]

Elephants are godly

[@aprilleerose]

My husband also makes a “rumble” when he wants to mate too.

[@jerryholbrook13]

I love elephants they are the smart ones not the Jackasses! Elephants are awesome.

[@ganymeade5151]

Elephants are not Donkeys. LOL.

[@juliehoffman6292]

What a wonderful life

[@tinyvr7036]

It's been long known native Americans and other groups also "communicate" infrasonically, if that is an accurate description. It is not explainable per se but children learn it in a group I.e. family. This is why elephants are so close as well and "feel" together. It entails non -verbal and later verbal but can alternate at will.🙂Some would refer to it as moods but my grandfather called it "reading." I hope that makes sense. Thank you for loving elephants. God bless you and them.🇺🇸 🐘❤🐘❤🐘🇺🇸

[@L_Train]

And just which Native American groups do that? I'm Native and have never heard that. I find that in nearly every case when someone wants you to believe in some kind on nonsense or woo they say that unspecified Native tribes practice it or have knowledge of it.

[@podersa241]

Since the people who buy the ivory are doing it for belief in bringing good luck or success, why not put something out there about the death of an elephant's Ivory and the curse it brings for the family. Generations and generations as long as there is ivory in the house. Nothing but misfortune and generations and generations of curses until the ivory is removed and forgiveness is seeked. Also worse for the man who kills the elephant. I truly believe this but if something is played or announced on TV enough times it will convince people. Ever watch a commercial and crave that one thing. The media has the ability to reach millions of people. Then let them reflect and draw their own conclusions.

[@redtoffee]

I am trying to figure out if an elephant herd is stalked by a poacher with a gun, whether they would run or stand their ground. And if one of their own was separated,by the poachers would they try and escape? or try and help it? It seems their response depends on the predators in question. And i cant find any videos of actual hunters and real responses on you tube. Just lions and crocs! Thanks.

[@jessiejames7492]

if they have knowledge of poaching one of t heir kind , they will charge. But what chance do they have when faced with a high powered rifle.

[@hinasamal1711]

thanks deity researcers

[@2dasimmons]

Wow! If only this woman could TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO TREAT ELEPHANTS WELL. Especially those BIG BULLS WITH HUGE TRUNKS AND TUSKS.

[@marlenalinne6100]

Why wasn't something done to save the baby elephant? That's unbelievable.

[@elizabethdevalck8824]

Did she know Mr Anthony Lawrence from the Thula Thula reserve in South Afrika? He could have helped her a lot to understand this beautiful beings.

[@RockSprites]

Oh wow, I live right near where this woman is from, lol

[@newbusinessways9216]

I can sense and absorb the thouts and frequencies in the air and i can interpret. If anything help needed from my side i will do it.

[@daemoniumvenator4155]

Can I have your sound visualizer? They are so expensive...

[@mercychantire4851]

The elephants speak Telepathically.... All the animals as well...

[@postmodernshaman5929]

They probably use constants too.

[@simontalbot2507]

We should input these recordings in neural nets, maybe create elephant translate

[@anniem.670]

Damn They Love To Take Everything From Africa Even The Animals, It's Really Heartbreaking.

[@ddelv583]

What does that mean? Who took what? Those poaching the elephants ARE Africans. AND, the African government has allowed ivory to be sold. So who's taking WHAT from Africa??? When the truth is told, it ALWAYS cones back to AFRICA SELLING OUT AFRICA....

[@omarilacey9962]

Annie M. Always in Africa. I’m quite sure those pigmy’s taught her a lot bc as little as they are, they can take elephants down.

[@NystektVaffel]

@@ZackBite evil or not evil is a bit black and white, dont you think? Unless you mean religion, it is possible to be a good human who still support evil (like hunting. Evil against the animal, helpful for other animals if they are too many and disrupts the ecosystem)

[@GREGHIGGS1]

*This woman has the ABSOLUTELY PERFECT LIFE!*

[@Bondisaurus]

Elephants are highly intelligent animals

[@TitiniusAndronicus]

This lady has realised that heaven already exists on earth. All humans have to do is nurture it.

[@ivanbarbosa81]

amazing work.imagine what the africans who live there might know

[@supercutewarlock]

ads in middle of the video!!???

[@CharlotteWebb1952]

Isn't it awful? I can not stand it!

[@hinasamal1711]

these low or high frequencies be coded for meaning

[@hinasamal1711]

these be recorded repeated and and unicoded with meaning

[@hinasamal1711]

Dear deity my no is91 8249534316 , 8594956443,[e-mail] . plz get me in your mission

[@hinasamal1711]

my another id is [e-mail]

[@hinasamal1711]

GOD EXISTS IN EVERY BEING WITH RATIONALITY . BUT LOVE TO THEM MAKES US LOVING AND REALISE BLISS AMONG US

[@Hallowedscenextinction]

Is no one gonna point out how knockoff walter white's eyebrows were vibrating.

[@ganymeade5151]

Elephants are a lot like humans. Baby elephants are like baby humans.