Echo: The elephant who changed our understanding of their intelligence 🐘 - BBC World Service #shorts

“She was the leader, the matriarch… a very beautiful elephant, with a lovely swinging walk.” Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya, making a star of one of its subjects - Echo. For decades, the Amboseli Elephant Research Project followed Echo and the rest of the park’s population to learn more about their behaviour, communication and social bonds. Dr Cynthia Moss studied her for more than 30 years until her death at the grand old age of 64. “She had a good long life, but we still miss her.” ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #elephants #africanelephants #wildlifeconservation