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Extraordinary ears
The elephant can hear Conservation breaks
Five animals with unusual hearing gear
infrasonic sound waves

An elephant’s sense of hertz. However, they’re capable of
hearing is incredible. They are recognising calls and voices from other
capable of hearing infrasonic elephants, and use their hearing in a
sound waves, which are too social manner. They can also use their
low for us to detect. Their enormous ears to funnel in sound
range isn’t all that impressive – waves, the way you would if you
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their precision that sets them apart. They
can discern the position of their prey by
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this time with extreme precision, down to
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