African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds
African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds
Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.
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Oh hey, remember how terrible we are to animals?
Imagine some jackass coming up and blasting your bestie with a .45-70. RIP, Bob.
19 0 ReplyWe don't have to imagine it, humans are often just as awful to other humans
22 0 ReplyRight, I forgot about the children huddling in a hospital in Gaza as bombs drop around them...
Humans were a mistake.
14 0 ReplyI appreciate the social awareness, but can we just have a nice thread about elephants for once
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