Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name
Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name
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Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name
I've linked the paper in the comments
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"Jumbo is my slave name. My name is BrrrRRRRBBRRRrrrrrRRRBBBBBBR!"
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Jumbo is such a degrading name. Imagine naming your kids Bulbous, Fatty, Bighead, or Stumpy?
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But maybe being large is a desirable trait for elephants? Then it would be like naming your child Bella, or Grace.
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People call their friends gordo in Spanish as a nickname. It means fat.
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I'm sure I read this 30 plus years ago
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Yeah, it is really surprising that something like this would be a new discovery, seems like if it's happening then scientists would have known for a long time. I would love to see mention of it from longer ago. It would be wild if it is a new development in elephant "culture" and they somehow picked it up from observing people or something, seems very unlikely though.
Dolphins have been known to have signiture whistles, but I think that may just be them identifying themselves uniquely and not used to get the attention of a specific other dolphin.
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Yeah, it is really surprising that something like this would be a new discovery, seems like if it’s happening then scientists would have known for a long time.
It doesn't surprise me at all that such a discovery would happen right about now. It's probably a lot easier to dump a bunch of recordings of elephant noises into a statistical model and see what falls out than it would've been to actually recognize the unique sounds by ear without the help of computers.
Edit: I was here from browsing 'all,' and I just noticed what community this is. Y'all probably understand what I wrote better than I do...
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Thanks @Haggunenons this is fantastic!
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You're so welcome! This is by far the most popular post in this community so far, it's so cool to see so many people here. Thank you very much for your kind comment!
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Yes, it blew up! I knew nothing about this subject but saw it on all and have become a subscriber.
Can't find it right now but I remember reading about a strange case where a young bull elephant was shot by poachers and walked many miles to get help from the elephant orphanage. The thing that's interesting is he had never been in the orphanage himself, but he had been hanging out with elephants who had.
I wouldn't be surprised if elephants have an entire language.
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I'm not at all surprised. One of my cats has different calls for me, my partner, and my other cat. She's smart for a cat but I think she'd be dumb for an elephant. I'm rambling now.
their trunks are at the wrong end.