• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    “Hey, Dipshit!”

    “Waddaya want , Asshole?”

    “Dickhead was looking for you over by the watering hole.”

    “Thanks Asshole!”

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    The new research was published in pre-print on bioRxiv and is waiting to clear peer review.

    We wait to celebrate.

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    I remember this being a known thing with dolphins too, but maybe that’s just one of those things you learn as a kid and trust forever

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      From the second paragraph of the article:

      These remarkable findings position elephants as the first non-human animals to use a form of address that doesn’t mimic the receiver’s call, a trait previously observed in dolphins and parrots.

      It appears dolphins have a “signature whistle” that they produce and other dolphins use this like a name. Sort of like if you enter a big room and yell out “Wazzup” and then everyone starts calling you Wazzup.

      Elephants appear to be different, seems like they will name other elephants. Sort of like you enter a big room, the other people notice you’re short and everyone starts calling you Shorty.