Animals That Give Each Other Names, Just Like Humans

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Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals

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Like humans, some animals also give names to each other. Here is the list

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Bottlenose dolphins use learned vocal labels, or "signature whistles", to identify and address each other, which is similar to how humans use names

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Elephants use personalized calls to address each other, similar to humans

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According to a study, African savannah elephants have name-like calls specific to certain individuals

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Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study by a team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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They use loud, high-pitched calls to assign each other "vocal labels," according to he study 

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