It doesn't take man very long to decipher a new language. I imagine that if someone sat down with a control group of cats, one could eventually crack the code of their language, or at least catch bits and pieces of it...
Maybe it's because different cats make different noises to represent different things?
2006-12-20 09:49:43 · 7 answers · asked by chronicalz21 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
well, basically man had languages side by side with different languages. these were created by man not animal. we did figure out some from the rosetta stone which had three laguages on it for translation, you just get people who speak different things and translate it into your lagnuage... pretty simple i suppose. i'm sure animals have different sounds for diffeent things but mostly it all sounds the same. Its pretty hard to decifer which ones represent which things, the only animal they have translated is the dolphin which is basically clicks. I'd ask scientists but they probily are all working on stupid things instead of cures to cancer and such. well sorry this isn't much help... coming from a 13 year old girl and all. Plus I do know that animals have different calls for mating to attract the opposite gender..
2006-12-20 10:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by audrey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as scientists are concerned non-human animals do not have language. The noises they make are just vocal responses to stimuli like if you were pricked you would yelp. I do not agree, in fact many primates have been able to learn sign language. However they do not have a language per se. They cannot make sentences or talk about something not seen or experienced at the time which is a critical criterion of "language". But good question.
2006-12-20 16:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can crack the code to a point. I can get my horse to respond to anything using body language. Each species and even group of animals has it own signals. It is a mixture of body language, vocalizations, and can be pretty complex. I don't think most animals need to communicate like we do- just basic- hi friend, I am hungry, where's the group, etc.
Ex. a zebra- open mouth with ears flat- hostile. If their mouth is open with ears up- friendly. Just ears flat- wary. The degree that the mouth is open shows how happy or scared they are. That is just one instance, there are some for every species.
2006-12-20 10:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of dot? As in dot and the kangaroo? A little girl who could talk to animals? She was my number one role model. I speak fluent cat, duck, horse, budgie, sparrow, lovebird...Any animal language can be disciphered if you want to take the time. Horses speak entirely in breath sounds, even a breath that makes no sound can be a whole sentence, and all animals rely on body language, words are made up of sounds but also tail flicks, smooches, blinks and head tosses. I find it the easiest thing in the world to understand animals - You just need to study how they interreact with each other and put in the time to learn.
2006-12-20 10:09:34 · answer #4 · answered by kalikapsychosis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of how animals comunicate is through actions and movement rather than sound. yes, cats would probably think you were wierd for sitting and watching them alot just to figure out how the "talk".
2006-12-20 10:16:43 · answer #5 · answered by antair_x13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pfft. Cats? They'd just sit there, stare at the guy, and think, "jeez, what a dumbass."
2006-12-20 09:57:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry chronical I dont know the answer to your question. BUT WHAT A GOOD QUESTION!!!
2006-12-20 09:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by David H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋