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Answer:

C. Trumpets

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Understanding Animal Sounds: Elephants

  • The sound an elephant makes is called a trumpet or trumpeting. This is a loud, resonant sound produced by expelling air through their trunk.
  • Elephants use trumpeting for various reasons, including communication over long distances, expressing excitement, alarm, or anger.

Key Facts about Elephants and Communication

  • Elephants are the largest land animals. There are three main species: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
  • Beyond trumpeting, elephants communicate through a wide range of sounds, including rumbles (often infrasonic, below the range of human hearing, used for long-distance communication), roars, snorts, barks, and squeals.
  • They also use non-vocal communication, such as body language, scent marking, and seismic communication (vibrations through the ground detected by their feet).
  • The trunk of an elephant is a versatile appendage, used for breathing, smelling, touching, grasping, and producing sounds. It is an extension of the nose and upper lip.

Common Animal Sounds for Competitive Exams

  • Lion: Roars
  • Dog: Barks, yelps, growls
  • Cat: Meows, purrs, hisses
  • Horse: Neighs, whinnies
  • Cow: Moos
  • Sheep: Bleats
  • Pig: Oinks
  • Owl: Hoots
  • Snake: Hisses
  • Wolf: Howls
  • Dolphin: Clicks, whistles

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