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This is not surprising to me; dolphins and crows do as well. I've come to expect it from any creature at or near human-level intelligence.
by bitwize 2y ago
This is not surprising to me; dolphins and crows do as well. I've come to expect it from any creature at or near human-level intelligence.
- alexb23 2y agoWhat’s very remarkable is that elephants like human seem to invent abstract names; other animals like dolphins mimic the signature sound of another to attract their attention.
- 082349872349872 2y agoAs a precursor to Animal Farm, Kipling's https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/her-majestys-servants.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/her-majestys-servants.... (1894) features a number of animals caught up in state bureaucracy. The other animals have nicknamed the elephant "Two Tails", and it explains that it is afraid in battle because it can think about what happens when a shell bursts, and ruminates upon whether it might not be better off back at home in the forest rather than here in the army...
- riffic 2y agodarwin himself said the difference of mind between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind.