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pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Elephants have names for each other, just like humans

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Elephants have names for each other, just like humans

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pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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[Elephants give each other unique names, groundbreaking study reveals]
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  • complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world
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    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?

    • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeOP
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      I will shed happy tears of joy on that day and gladly share with them some of my hooch.

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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      The stories they would tell would be heartbreaking and terrifying.

      • complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world
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        Oh yeah absolutely. Humankind has not been… kind, to their species.

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      This is my greatest hope for ai. That we could use it to decipher animal languages. Some people are already working on it. I hope it works.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        We can already do it on some levels. Takes about an hour to learn what a dog is saying with it’s tail.

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      Teach them to hold and use guns lmao

      • PainInTheAES@lemmy.world
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        An elephant gun?

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    I hope they have curse words. I want to use elephant curses

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

      Elephant: toot

      Scientist: my god we were right.

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        Elephant: toot toot

        Scientist: heyheyhey no need for the foul language

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    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.

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    “Just like humans” I find that hard to believe

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    They are all named “BrrrrrRRRRrrr!”

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    That is pretty cool to see from elephants.

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