• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    5 hours ago

    Generally, animals are much better at telling between members of their own species than members of other species.

    I feel like this is an inherently unprovable claim given that we haven’t met any aliens that can corroborate.

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      We see it with a lot of animals. E.g. penguins can quite easily pick out known penguins from a group. Meanwhile, the average human wouldn’t be able to tell you much more than “it’s a penguin”.

      With humans it’s (at least partially) a learnt skill. Farmers can tell cows etc apart easily. I would struggle. We even run into it within our own species. E.g. I struggle differentiating people of races I don’t see as often. It can be very annoying at times. I’m also definitely not the only one.