Elephants may have names for each other that humans don't know, study finds
Elephants appear to know their own names, according to a new study. Not the very nicknames we humans sometimes give them, but their own, unique elephant names, which they use to call to each other.
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![In this undated photo, an African elephant family comforts a calf in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution demonstrates that elephants respond to individual names, one of the few animal species known to do so. (George Wittemyer via AP) Close-up of a cluster of elephants standing close together in the grass, two adults caressing two babies with their trunks.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7231388.1718124127!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/elephant-names.jpg)
Elephants appear to know their own names, according to a new study. Not the very nicknames we humans sometimes give them, but their own, unique elephant names, which they use to call to each other.