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- How do elephants show emotions?
- Can elephants understand human emotions?
- Do elephants have feelings?
- How do elephants show empathy?
How do elephants show emotions?
Their excitement visibly flows as fluid from their temporal glands streams down the sides of their faces. Eventually, the elephants make a run towards each other, screaming and trumpeting the whole time. When they finally make contact, they form a loud, rumbling mass of flapping ears, clicked tusks and entwined trunks.
Can elephants understand human emotions?
Jane Goodall indicated that elephants “(…) have the same emotions of happiness, sadness, fear, despair and so on as we do. They try to help family members or friends who are wounded. And they grieve when one dies.” Elephants unequivocally understand the feeling of sadness. Elephants are empathic.
Do elephants have feelings?
We say that Elephants have a big heart because they really are capable of expressing emotions. There are also studies that show the Elephant's range of emotions, which includes joy, love, grief, rage and compassion.
How do elephants show empathy?
Scientists call this emotional contagion. The elephants also ran to stand beside their friend, touched her with their trunks to soothe her, and made soft chirping sounds. Sometimes one would even put her trunk inside the other's mouth, a behavior elephants find particularly comforting, the researchers say.
