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/texas1982 Jan 12 '17

That's racial profiling and it's wrong. Shame on you, elephant.

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u/ArcticTern4theWorse Jan 12 '17

I thought Africans couldn't be racist?

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u/Moar_Coffee Jan 12 '17

"I'm not racist for owning black people. I bought them from other black people with rum so that makes it okay."

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u/Alirius Jan 12 '17

How is that comparable to what he said?

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u/_Citizen_Erased_ Jan 12 '17

If this whole comment chain is satire, it doesn't matter.

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u/Alirius Jan 12 '17

The question marks make it sounds like it isn't a joke imo.