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Animal Play and Animal Communication

by Don L. F. Nilsen

and Alleen Pace Nilsen

Amazing AnimalsSNEEZING PANDA:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4I2vA9tzsQ

SPIDERS ON DRUGS:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

TORTOISES:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mRJfMi3xYw&feature=related

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Which came first,the chicken, or the egg?

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More Amazing Animals

ANIMAL POWER MOVES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkYbFr7dcIs

CRAZY HONEY BADGER (CONTAINS BAD LANGUAGE):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

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Fish and Birds

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Birds

LYRE BIRD:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjAcyTXRunY&feature=youtu.be

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Cats

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Wake Up Cat

If you are a cat lover, do you recognize these behaviors?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiAQkkLy1E

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CatsI CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER WEB SITE:http://icanhascheezburger.com/

LOLCAT BIBLE:http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1

SAD CAT DIARY:https://www.google.com/#q=sad+cat+diary

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Nora’s CATcerto

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Animals Helping…and Being Helped

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Cats and Dogs

CINDERELLA ANIMALS—IF THE SHOE FITS…:

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10200387320826253

CATS VS. DOGS PLAYING:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dugipeVZtE

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Cats and Dogs

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Dogs

LONELY DOGS TUCK THEMSELVES INTO BED:

http://on.aol.com/video/lonely-dogs-tuck-themselves-into-bed-518519436

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Cats, Dogs & Babies

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Personified Dog

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Dogs and Photo Bombing

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Dogs, Cats & Children

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Ducks

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Duck Photography

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Cat and MouseCat Leisure

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Cats Reading and Sleeping

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Animal Doppelgangers

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Grumpy Cat!

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Grumpy Cat lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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800 people came to get their pictures taken with Grumpy Cat.

This event was at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona.

Mummy CatWhy were cats revered in Egypt?

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Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes

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RhinocerosWhy are rhinos becoming extinct?

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Thelma and Louise:The Movie The Two-Headed Turtle

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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

Lizards: Hungry and InLove

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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

Animal Politics

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Rabbit vs. Snake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXp95EMf4fw

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BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp & Smith 663)

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BEES’ TAIL-WAGGING DANCE (Kemp and Smith 664)

Cat Shape Shifters

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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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SARAH’S SYMBOLS (Kemp and Smith 672)

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YERKISH LEXIGRAMS (Kemp and Smith 672)

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LOL Cats and “Kitty Pidgin”

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Li’l LOL Cat

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LOL Cats Fighting

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LOLrus

Dolphins

DOLPHIN BUBBLES:

http://wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/

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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!

The Great Chain of Being

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Happy Birthday Elephants

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Point of View

Pug Factory Vampire Bats—Upside Down

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So be always be on the lookoutfor animal play!

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Humans

TRICK PLAY IN FOOTBALL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKE9SFCe0HU

Come to Australia: Deadly Animals Version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE

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