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African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 35 points 3 months ago

Videos shared by researchers show how the elephants respond to call recordings addressed to them. In one, an elephant named Margaret appears to almost immediately perk up to a rumble recording addressed to her.

It's amazing to me that elephants use, among I would assume others, the name Margaret.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Well it translates to Margaret

[-] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

among I would assume others

I like how this comment aknowledges the possibility that all elephants call each-other Margaret.

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