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.
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toast@retrolemmy.com · 35 pts · 2y
It's amazing to me that elephants use, among I would assume others, the name Margaret.
bizzle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Well it translates to Margaret
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 2y
Oh hey, remember how terrible we are to animals?
Imagine some jackass coming up and blasting your bestie with a .45-70. RIP, Bob.
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
We don't have to imagine it, humans are often just as awful to other humans
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 2y
Right, I forgot about the children huddling in a hospital in Gaza as bombs drop around them...
Humans were a mistake.
PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I appreciate the social awareness, but can we just have a nice thread about elephants for once
ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
I hope if we ever bridge the species communication gap, an elephant ironically names their child Dumbo.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 2y
Jesus, CBS, just say they have names.
andrade@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y
As far as we know we could have a lot in common with elephants.
"Donatella, Margaret, quick, call the forest rangers. I just saw an African elephant standing by the lake!" – Karen, the gray
JayTreeman@fedia.io · 1 pts · 2y
Art, check Funerals, check (also implies religion) Names, check
At this point how are they different from us. Besides the looks
Edit: implies doesn't mean prove. Funerals is one thing, but graveyards are a little different
MonkderDritte@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y
Or respect for each other. Don't need religion for funerals.
PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
To be fair, it's entirely possible elephants have created a deity of sorts. We'd have zero way of knowing.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Funerals don't imply religion. Religionists like to pretend that it's the only reason people care about each other. But that's silly, isn't it?
sukhmel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
The true single reason people care about each other is money, of course /s