animal language play
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ANIMAL LANGUAGE PLAY
by Don L. F. Nilsenand 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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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
SAD DOG DIARY:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1C5T-fH2Y
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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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Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes
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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.
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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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!
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