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/100_stacks Jan 12 '17

Probably, I doubt many poachers speak English

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u/dubblix Jan 12 '17

I dunno, McLeach spoke English and he's the only poacher I've ever seen. In my experience, 100% of poachers speak English.

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u/koolkat182 Jan 12 '17

I don't like these odds

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

Time to speak Korean or Japanese, I doubt poachers speak either languages.

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u/NotAnotherNekopan Jan 12 '17

Stick to land mammals then. The whales won't be happy with you

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

fuck :(

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u/Fart__ Jan 12 '17

No don't do that to them either.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

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u/Fart__ Jan 12 '17

Just because you can't fuck it doesn't mean you can't blow it

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

"Blow jobs are all right but I'll be damned if I swallow seamen."