Survey

Survey on Vocal Flexibility in Elephants

Elephants are quite talented in inventing or imitating sounds. We are interested in unusual elephant sounds that differ from the normal call repertoire. These sounds might be produced with the tongue, the lips or the trunk. Usually these sounds do not have a specific communicative function, but are of great interest for us, because they reveal the extent of vocal flexibility.

If one of your elephants is producing any kind of unusual sound, we would be grateful for a short video or audio clip. If you want to participate, please complete the form below.

Elephant Information

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Elephant Name *

Species *

African elephant Asian elephant

Sex *

Male Female

Age (in years) *

less than 5 5 - 10 10 - 20 20 +

VIDEO or AUDIO *

Max file size: 250 MB

Contact Information

Your name or person to contact *

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Last

Name of Institution *

Phone Number *

Contact E-mail *

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The Mammal Communication Lab, based at the Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria, has to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation that came into effect on the 25th May 2018. Therefore, we must have written confirmation of your agreement for your name and any contact details to be held on our database, solely for the purpose of being able to record your participation in this survey and to contact you or your institution should the video or audio upload have relevant research content for us, otherwise your details and the provided video or audio data will be erased.

Before clicking on ‘upload’, please check the ‘I agree’ box below, otherwise we will be obliged to remove your details.

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Please be patient during the video upload and wait for the confirmation. Thank you!

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Should you experience any troubles during uploading or have further questions please do not hesitate to contact us!