Elephant Speaks Korean Out Loud

[Bill USA]

http://news.yahoo.com/elephant-speaks-korean-loud-160938995.html

A zoo elephant in South Korea, can speak Korean out loud, researchers say. The pachyderm is capable of saying "hello," "good," "no," "sit down" and "lie down" — all by using its trunk to do the work of lips in a process scientists don’t fully understand.

The elephant likely does not understand the actual meaning of what he says, researchers said.

Past reports have suggested both African and Asian elephants were capable of vocal mimicry like parrots. African elephants have been known to imitate the sound of truck engines, and a male Asian elephant living in a Kazakhstan zoo was said to utter sounds resembling Russian and Kazakh, but that case was never investigated scientifically.

Scientists investigating an Asian elephant known as Koshik say the beast can imitate human speech, pronouncing words in Korean, and those who know the language can readily understand Koshik. He accomplished this in a very unusual way — using his trunk stuck inside his mouth. [Watch Koshik Speak Korean
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[DFW]

1. Well, at least he seems to have stopped keeping his thoughts to himself

It's a step in the right direction, at least..........

[denverbill]

2. Big deal. Some Republicans I know can say words too. They don't understand them either.

Just kidding. Interesting article.

[ananda]

3. GOP Elephant: Me Timba

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[mysuzuki2]

4. That elephant is a lot smarter than me.

I can't speak a word of Korean.