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Human speech imitation by an elephant

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Published on Oct 24, 2012

Stoeger et al. report in Current Biology the ability to imitate human speech (in Korean) in an Asian elephant named Koshik. The elephant accomplishes this in a most unusual way: he vocalizes with his trunk in his mouth.

The following vocal interaction with the trainer is documented:
Koshik: "choah" (good)
Trainer: "choah choah annyong" (good good hello)
Koshik: "choah" (good)
Trainer: "choah choah annyong" (good good hello)
Koshik: "choah" (good)
Trainer: "choah choah" (good good)
Koshik: "choah" (good)
Trainer: "annyong" (hello)
Koshik: "choah" (good)
Trainer: "annyong" (hello)

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