Despite their size, African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are scared of bees, and will run away shaking their ears if they hear buzzing. Joseph Soltis, a research scientist at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, says elephants have a repertoire of rumbles, and use different sounds to alert the herd of danger from humans or bees. Soltis says the alarm rumbles are more akin to elephant “words” than true language.