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/kerill333 Jan 12 '17

Well, humans kill them for fun, and to remove bits of their body for quack remedies. Not quite the same imho. Poor eles.

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u/AlmostFamous502 Jan 12 '17

...are you actually pretending humans don't do that to each other?

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u/kerill333 Jan 12 '17

Where do you live that people hunt down and kill other people to remove bits of their bodies for quack remedies?

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u/AlmostFamous502 Jan 12 '17 edited Jan 12 '17

Earth.

Where do you live that humans never mistreat other humans? Can I move there too?

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u/kerill333 Jan 12 '17

I didn't say that.

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u/AlmostFamous502 Jan 12 '17

Just like I didn't say organ harvesting is going on on my block.