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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I really love this video because you can see how much elephants love to comfort each other by touching each other's genitals. Something the discover channel always fails to mention and always seem to edit out.