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An Elephant That Speaks Korean | |
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| AtsuiPanda Bye Bye Dreadlocks ): User ID: 16510251  United States11/01/2012 01:57 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thats cool as hell  If you're going through hell, keep going. "Dude sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something - Jake the dog" However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church. Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all."- Thomas Paine My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26790377 United Kingdom11/01/2012 07:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, speaking words in Korean that can be readily understood by those who know the language. The elephant accomplishes this in a most unusual way: he vocalizes with his trunk in his mouth Quoting: Mordier L'eft The elephant's vocabulary consists of exactly five words, researchers report on November 1 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Those include "annyong" ("hello"), "anja" ("sit down"), "aniya" ("no"), "nuo" ("lie down"), and "choah" ("good"). Ultimately, Koshik's language skills may provide important insights into the biology and evolution of complex vocal learning, an ability that is critical for human speech and music, the researchers say. [link to www.sciencedaily.com] I bet he picked it up from soldiers. Never stand up, when you can sit down. Never sit down when you can lie down.  |
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| TraderRob User ID: 14415865 United States11/02/2012 12:30 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Elephants have much bigger brains than humans, and more advanced too, with deeper windings, and a greater emphasis on the parts used for higher brain functions. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300884 I think the physical difficulty of making human sounds is what's holding Koshik back here. They may have bigger brains that 100% of humans-- but they only have bigger asses than about half. Disgusting... especially when these heffers put on thee halloween costumes. |
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| Celtic Ranger User ID: 26511160 United States11/02/2012 03:29 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well that means he's more fluent with the language than most U.S. soldiers there, except of course for curse words. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26744885 You obviously don't know what you are talking about. Thank you for highlighting your dislike of military members based on nothing but your own flawed belief system. [link to www.heritage.org] Washington, October 31, 2006-Wartime recruits who joined the United States military in 2004 and 2005 tended to be better educated and wealthier than their civilian peers, according to a new report from The Heritage Foundation. Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1760050  South Africa11/02/2012 03:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Elephants have much bigger brains than humans, and more advanced too, with deeper windings, and a greater emphasis on the parts used for higher brain functions. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 300884 I think the physical difficulty of making human sounds is what's holding Koshik back here. Correct maybe it's the Koreans that speak elephant. 5 Meaningful words and the rest is chimp chatter. it will explain why they are so strange [link to beconfused.com] |
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| SteppingoutofMatrix User ID: 26675619 United States11/02/2012 04:12 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, speaking words in Korean that can be readily understood by those who know the language. The elephant accomplishes this in a most unusual way: he vocalizes with his trunk in his mouth Quoting: Mordier L'eft The elephant's vocabulary consists of exactly five words, researchers report on November 1 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Those include "annyong" ("hello"), "anja" ("sit down"), "aniya" ("no"), "nuo" ("lie down"), and "choah" ("good"). Ultimately, Koshik's language skills may provide important insights into the biology and evolution of complex vocal learning, an ability that is critical for human speech and music, the researchers say. [link to www.sciencedaily.com]  |
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| Leslie Zevo Commander and Beef User ID: 17090286 United States11/02/2012 06:34 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I used to have a cat that shouted "A roll" when in heat at odd hours of the night, very loudly to the point we were squirting it with a water bottle. 'It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a packet of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.' |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 5101819  Bahamas11/02/2012 08:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No video footage, so I'm a big skeptic. The only 'evidence' I seen traced back through sources was an audio recording but the man who speaks, the background noise changes when the elephant speaks. It leaves a little room for doubt. Quoting: Children of the Atom Huh? Look at two posts above yours. Video is there. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26842344 11/02/2012 08:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ultimately, Koshik's language skills may provide important insights into the biology and evolution of complex vocal learning, an ability that is critical for human speech and music, the researchers say. Quoting: Mordier L'eft [link to www.sciencedaily.com] Soounds as if they will use this as another of their "proofs" for evolution? |
