Haggunenons@lemmy.worldM to Digital Bioacoustics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoStudy Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Namewww.onegreenplanet.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year ago“Jumbo is my slave name. My name is BrrrRRRRBBRRRrrrrrRRRBBBBBBR!”
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoJumbo is such a degrading name. Imagine naming your kids Bulbous, Fatty, Bighead, or Stumpy?
minus-squareTimecirclelinelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoBut maybe being large is a desirable trait for elephants? Then it would be like naming your child Bella, or Grace.
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoPeople call their friends gordo in Spanish as a nickname. It means fat.
“Jumbo is my slave name. My name is BrrrRRRRBBRRRrrrrrRRRBBBBBBR!”
Jumbo is such a degrading name. Imagine naming your kids Bulbous, Fatty, Bighead, or Stumpy?
But maybe being large is a desirable trait for elephants? Then it would be like naming your child Bella, or Grace.
People call their friends gordo in Spanish as a nickname. It means fat.