Remote sensor captures sound of ivory poacher shooting an elephant

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerNov 20, 2013, 2:48 pm59 pts
A sensor used by researchers to capture low-frequency communication between elephants inadvertently recorded the audio of an elephant being gunned down by a poacher in Gabon, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society, which used the sound byte in a video highlighting the carnage of the ivory trade.

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