Elephants don’t only make loud trumpeting sounds, they also rumble and squeak! Discover how elephants are excellent vocalists, reaching around five octaves more than a human voice can.

Here’s our trail map:

• How Is a Baby Elephant Born?
• Why Do Elephants Have Trunks?
• Why Do Elephants Squeak?
• How Can We Hear God’s Spirit?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“...the minds of these people have become stubborn. They do not hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes…” Matthew 13:15 (NCV)

“So Saul headed toward Damascus. As he came near the city, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”

Saul said, “Who are you, Lord?”

The voice answered, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Acts 9:3-5 (NCV)

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27 (NCV)

“But the Helper (Holy Spirit) will teach you everything and will cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name.” John 14:26 (NCV)

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” Romans 8:26 (NIV)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

• Allomothers: Other individuals beside the mother, who provide mothering care for a baby. They help care for and protect the baby.
• Hydrostat Muscles: Fluid-filled muscles packed tightly together used for powerful movement without bones.
• Sound Frequency: How fast something is vibrating to make a sound.
• Infrasonic: A sound is at such a low frequency, with such low vibrations, humans cannot hear it.
• Ultrasonic: A sound is at such a high frequency, with very fast vibrations, that humans cannot hear it.
• Octave: The measurement of pitches in music. It measures if a note is higher or lower in pitch.

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