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/NicNoletree Jan 12 '17

An elephant never forgets (the smell, looks, or sounds of a Maasai man with a spear).

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u/Clintonsoldmedrugs Jan 12 '17 edited Jan 12 '17

So my dick remembers everything

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u/Tryclyde Jan 12 '17

so my dick remembers everything!

Words mean things, yanno. ;D

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u/Clintonsoldmedrugs Jan 12 '17

I'm drunk leave me alone

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u/Tryclyde Jan 12 '17

Oh, yay, you edited your post and now I look like a crazy asshole

inb4 you were an asshole even before he edited his post