animals can't possibly teach their young to speak right cos teaching of languages first involve visual aids, then slow mouth reading, it cannot be inculcated without any help of such. so how they learn
2006-09-08 14:41:30 · 9 answers · asked by edwinvandesar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Some animals, like primates and dolphins, teach by example. The young watch their parents (mostly mothers) and see how they feed themselves, defend themselves, groom, etc. and mimic. When they do something that gets them less food, puts them at danger, or makes them feel unclean, they learn to follow their parents as they know what's best.
While humans have language, we do a lot of things by example. Sometimes you may find yourself mimicking similar behavior by just watching other people do it. For example, taking a sip of a drink after someone else does.
2006-09-08 14:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They learn from example, they dont need to read mouths its irrelevant for an animal like a bird for example. Birds like crows have complex languages, different flocks have different calls even that crows from another flock cannot understand. The reason for this is because young crows learn from example, they see and hear an adult crow make a sound at the approach of a predator and they can easily learn to make the same sound and will learn that the sound means "danger" through the behaviour of all the other crows around. You dont need visual aids and slow mouth reading to learn the meaning of different sounds which is all simple language is... I can tell you right now that you can even teach an animal the meaning of our language my dogs know many words that they were taught by example. Crows can even learn the meanings of different species of birds alarm calls just through association. How do they learn? The same way we do... our parents teach us by example.
2006-09-09 14:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals teach their young the same way we teach our young, by example. The only reason they would need visual aids is for reading and writing (and I think it's safe to say that's not a concern for animals) or for something really complex. Animals may have language but it's not complex enough to require concsious effort to teach it.
2006-09-08 15:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by squirrels 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No other animals (besides us) have true languages, or at least, language that is both compositional and possesses arbitrary semantics. But there cases that come kind of close, and how are they learned? Typically a combination of innate and learned; they are innately rigged to be able to quickly learn their "language".
2006-09-14 11:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by A professor (thus usually wrong) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By being taught and repution. Dogs can be taught to say certain things too the same way.
2006-09-16 00:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way us humans do. By exposure, observation, practice and patience
2006-09-14 13:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by jedisaurus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how do they learn to talk?i didn't know they did.find me one and i'll make a ton of money and you can have $20
2006-09-08 14:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as you learned, from your peers.
Except for fish, they go to school........
2006-09-08 14:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by damsel36 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
school
2006-09-08 14:43:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋