Meet The Only Non-Human Animal Known To Use Names In The Wild. Hint: It Lives Underwater

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.
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Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them

Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That's according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...

Bonsall animal refuge started with snake, parrot, tortoise, now has more than 100 animals

A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa constrictor, a desert tortoise, an Amazon parrot and a chinchilla. Jackie Navarro ...
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Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them

Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) Some wild African ...