• complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    holy shit

    I can’t wait for the elephant-to-human translators

    imagine if we could actually talk to elephants? if we could, like, teach them concepts?

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      10 months ago

      Scientist: hey Elephant what’s that other elephants name?

      Elephant: toot

      Scientist: my god we were right.

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        10 months ago

        Elephant: toot toot

        Scientist: heyheyhey no need for the foul language

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Hasn’t passed peer review yet but I bet it’s true. If you ever dealt with one of them you really sense that there is something going on behind those eyes. It isn’t just “weird monkeys that boss us around and give treats and baths” it’s something else. Like it is trying to figure out what you are about as a person.

    I saw one once and I could almost swear from its eye movements that it figured out which kids there were mine.