Instead, scientists often use the animal’s distinct calls—which sound like a crying newborn baby, the likely source of their name—to differentiate between closely related species.

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In December 2017, after a National Geographic investigative report ... Thailand’s main source of wild-caught animals. I ask the men how baby elephants born in captivity are broken and trained.