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All animal species communicate in one way or another by using the energy that the other animal is giving off. Suck as birds, cats, etc. Dogs communicate with smell, body language, and energy that they give off to eachother. Dolphins, Orcas give of clicks, and all other sorts of sounds along with body posturing. So, my answer would be yes, they do communicate, but they do it in the manner of body posturing, energy, and smell.

2006-06-17 17:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Fawnice 3 · 0 0

Interesting question.

I do know this. When animals like dolphins, bears, horses, parrots, and other performing animals are taught, they learn the connection between the sound and the action. So, if you said HALT to a German bear, it would stop, but if you said STOP, it wouldn't.

As to how they communicate with each other, say for instance if you brought an East Indiana raised monkey to visit an American raised monkey, would there be a communication barrier? I will look it up...

Great question!


I found this in wik

Main article: Animal language
The term "animal languages" is often used for non-human languages. Most researchers agree that these are not as complex or expressive as human language; they may better be described as animal communication. Some researchers argue that there are significant differences separating human language from the communication of other animals, and that the underlying principles are unrelated.

In several publicised instances, non-human animals have been trained to mimic certain features of human language. For example, chimpanzees and gorillas have been taught hand signs based on American Sign Language; however, they have never been successfully taught its grammar. There was also a case in 2003 of Kanzi, a captive bonobo chimpanzee allegedly independently creating some words to mean certain concepts. While animal communication has debated levels of semantics, it has not been shown to have syntax in the sense that human languages do.

Some researchers argue that a continuum exists among the communication methods of all social animals, pointing to the fundamental requirements of group behaviour and the existence of "mirror cells" in primates. This, however, may not be a scientific question, but is perhaps more one of definition. What exactly is the definition of the word "language"? Most researchers agree that, although human and more primitive languages have analogous features, they are not homologous.

2006-06-18 00:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by mrscmmckim 7 · 0 0

LOL! You are confusing dogs with enforced slaves! No dog, in the history of the world, has ever worried about this question! The main concern of domestic pets is indecisive leaders, who seem to want things.

Dogs only want to know that their gods get along OK and show some respect for each other!

I'll watch out for a Q. like "Do you feel that dogs have inhuman names for each other also?"

2006-06-18 00:55:47 · answer #3 · answered by WomanWhoReads 5 · 0 0

I think dogs speak dog.

2006-06-18 00:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by crystal89431 6 · 0 0

barking is international language!

2006-06-24 05:28:26 · answer #5 · answered by dobermann 2 · 0 0

hahaha what a question!

i visited german people, and their pets where learned with german words ...

as i spoke them in spanish, they looked at me and .... they didn't do anything ...

2006-06-18 00:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by choloconche 3 · 0 0

they have there own laungauge-dog

2006-06-18 02:55:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

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