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Digital Bioacoustics@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name

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Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name

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Digital Bioacoustics@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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A recent study done by Colorado State University has shown that elephants may be the first non-human animals to call each other by name.

I’ve linked the paper in the comments

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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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