Katy Payne — In the Presence of Elephants and Whales
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Matriarch of an Elephant Family
Katy paine, an acoustic biologist with a quaker sensibility, on lessons from a life spent listening to whales and elephants. i'm very intrigued by the language you use to talk about elephants. You know, in one place you write that you developed a profound interest in these mly social, long lived beings whose intelligence is informed by deep memories and passions. If you just watch a social group of elephants, there's competition, there's play, there's tons of fun. There are attachments among them. The oldest female in a family elephant family group is called the matriarch. She makes most of the decisions,. unless you could say that the youngest baby makes most decisions
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