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FOLLOWED ON FROM OUR JOINT DISCOVERY THAT ELEPHANTS CREATE AND USE NAMES FOR ONE ANOTHER, HIRED DR. MICKEY PARDO AS SENIOR SCIENTIST TO LEAD UPCOMING CONTINUING INVESTIGATION INTO ELEPHANT COMMUNICATION; PARTICIPATED IN THE TASK FORCE OF IUCN'S AFRICAN ELEPHANT SPECIALIST GROUP, WHERE DR. 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FOLLOWED ON FROM OUR JOINT DISCOVERY THAT ELEPHANTS CREATE AND USE NAMES FOR ONE ANOTHER, HIRED DR. MICKEY PARDO AS SENIOR SCIENTIST TO LEAD UPCOMING CONTINUING INVESTIGATION INTO ELEPHANT COMMUNICATION; PARTICIPATED IN THE TASK FORCE OF IUCN'S AFRICAN ELEPHANT SPECIALIST GROUP, WHERE DR. 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