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African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Wilshire to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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 12 points 7 months ago

Well it translates to Margaret

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

among I would assume others

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