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African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh hey, remember how terrible we are to animals?

Imagine some jackass coming up and blasting your bestie with a .45-70. RIP, Bob.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We don't have to imagine it, humans are often just as awful to other humans

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right, I forgot about the children huddling in a hospital in Gaza as bombs drop around them...

Humans were a mistake.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I appreciate the social awareness, but can we just have a nice thread about elephants for once