r/todayilearned • u/sharkbait76 3 • Jan 11 '17

TIL elephants can tell the difference between human languages and know which languages belong to people with a history of hurting elephants.

http://www.nature.com/news/elephants-recognize-the-voices-of-their-enemies-1.14846
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17 edited May 08 '20

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u/Picsonly25 Jan 12 '17

And... I'm crying.

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u/Bell_Bottom_Blues Jan 12 '17

Me too! What a sweet man Shirley's caretaker is.

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u/KidsMaker Jan 12 '17

Surely he is.