[extropy-chat] Talking Elephant

[Damien Broderick]

At 05:17 PM 9/8/2006 -0700, Stuart wrote:

>I am impressed whether the elephant actually
>understands what it is saying. Especially because it
>had to figure out out to use its trunk to make the
>noises.
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_fe_st/talking_elephant_1

<In a study published in the journal Nature last year, researchers 
found that elephants can learn to imitate sounds, according to 
Everland. The study featured the case of an elephant mimicking truck noises. >

Yeah, but can it drive, that's what I want to know.

Damien Broderick