It was an entirely new organ, described in the journal Radiotherapy and Oncology, as a set of salivary glands located in the back of the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose). The team have named the pair of organs the ‘tubarial glands’.
Recent study led by the Colorado State University has now suggested that wild African elephants might use distinct calls – the equivalent of elephant names – to identify each other.
