primates (Vikki-Hayes, Koko-Patterson, Warshow-Gardners

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ANIMAL LANGUAGE PLAY

• by Don L. F. Nilsen

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Cats
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Cats and Dogs
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Cats, Dogs Babies
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Dogs and Photo Bombing
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Dogs, Cats Children
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Ducks
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Cat and MouseCat Leisure
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Cat Shape Shifters
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Cats Reading and Sleeping
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Warning!
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DO ANIMALS HAVE LANGUAGE?

• No animals learn a human-type language. However,
  some animal languages are impressive

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TALKING ANIMALS

• ants
• bees (Von Frisch)
• birds (Alcock) parrots and cockatiels
  (Patterson)
• bovines
• canines
• equines (Clever Hans)
• felines (Nilsen cat)
• fish dolphins (Lilly)
• primates (Vikki-Hayes, Koko-Patterson,
  Warshow-Gardners, Lana, Nim Chimsky-Terrace,
  Sarah-Thomas/Church)

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ANIMAL LANGUAGE

• Attacking
• Baring Throat
• Body Coloring and Shape
• Calls
• Chuttering
• Facial Expression
• Giving Off Pheromones
• Singing
• Tail Slapping
• Tail Wagging Dancing (Round, Tail-wagging,
  Sickle)
• Whistling

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ANIMAL MESSAGES

• Attention
• Come
• Defiance
• Dominance
• Food
• Friendship
• Go
• Mimicry (for deception and for bonding)
• Protection (camouflage, assistance, misleading
  enemies)
• Sex
• Territory

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BEES ROUND DANCE (Kemp Smith 663)
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BEES TAIL-WAGGING DANCE (Kemp and Smith 664)
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HUMAN-LANGUAGES AMONG ANIMALS

• AMESLAN
• Computers
• Creations Sugar Fruit, Finger Bracelet
• Magnetic Chips
• Yerkish
• NOTE Some mother primates have taught sign
  language to their daughters is this like Planet
  of the Apes?

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WASHOE SIGNING TICKLE (Kemp and Smith 671)
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SARAHS SYMBOLS (Kemp and Smith 672)
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YERKISH LEXIGRAMS (Kemp and Smith 672)
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LOL Cat and Kitty Pidgin
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Lil LOL Cat
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LOL Cats Fighting
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LOLrus
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Monorail LOL Cat
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Capitalist LOL Cat
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LOL Cat with Invisible Bike
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LOL Cat with Invisible Football
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LOL Cat with Invisible Sandwich
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See! I told you so!
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Phoenix Convention CenterAnimals in Bronze
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Public Art Animals and Little People
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Animal-Play Web Sites

• ANIMAL POWER MOVES
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vGkYbFr7dcIs
• CATS VS. DOGS PLAYING
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v3dugipeVZtE
• CRAZY NASTYASS HONEY BADGER
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v4r7wHMg5Yjg
• DOLPHIN BUBBLES
• http//wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/
• ELEPHANTS PLAYING SOCCER
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v6sP09MejTcA

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• I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER WEB SITE
• http//icanhascheezburger.com/
• LOLCAT BIBLE
• http//www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?titleGenesis
  _1
• SNEEZING PANDA
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vh4I2vA9tzsQ
• SPIDERS ON DRUGS
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsHzdsFiBbFc
• TRICK PLAY IN FOOTBALL
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vdKE9SFCe0HU

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Animals and Music

• The Aquarium
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAsD0FDLOKGAfature
  related
• Aviary
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfFFt_kFq_eQfeature
  related
• The Cuckoo in the Woods
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vkRdGTkszsOcfeature
  related
• Elephants
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjWUt2D0FkdUfeature
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• Fossils
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vbcAJpsWWuIY

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• Kangaroos
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vMWPCaE76mHwfeature
  related
• Swan
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vMvh4zEKG2zsfeature
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• Tortoises
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8mRJfMi3xYwfeature
  related
• Finale
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?viR-18CyGTEYfeature
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