It’s that same the other way round, dogs to an extent can understand, but a whale doesn’t know we call it a whale.
Not just elephants, birds have special calls for humans and even give descriptions.
Corvids especially, piss off one and they’ll literally follow you around telling all the other birds you’re a dick.
Be cool. And they’ll tell the other birds you’re cool.
The sound elephants make for “human” from the article:
https://d3qk4vw19t7z2n.cloudfront.net/Saburu_rumble_alarm.mp3
Very Alien sounding. KInd of reminds me of the Heptapods from the movie Arrival (2016).
Not true. The “words” with which specific species call some others has been determined and can be observed, so “we would never know” is false.
Learn something every day and that.
My dog has specific vocalizations for known guests, unknown guests, my spouse, and rabbits.
What other species think about me is none of my business.
I know what my rooster calls me by name and he has lost all chance of favours.
Yeah, when a wolf calls you may or may not be in trouble.
When they call, and they use your middle name, it’s time to worry.
We study animal communication a lot. We know when many different animals have a noise or communication for “human.” Bees have different dances to describe arbitrary locations, so they could also have a specific dance for “that jerk over there with the mesh helmet.”
