Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows

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Jun 10, 2024, 11:00 am87 pts
Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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