Is it possible that animals are communicating but we cant hear them?

Question

with our human ears? or at a level we dont comprehend.

Answer 1

Yes. Elephants communicate with noises so low that we can't hear them. Whales communicate with noises higher than we can hear.

Answer 2

Yes, but it goes beyond just that. Not only are there animals who use frequencies that are too high or low for us to hear, but animals use body language, scent, and other sounds we can hear to communicate as well.

Chickadees use a variety of different calls tom communicate rather complicated information about predators, including the type and location. This information is understood not only by other Chickadees but other birds as well. The information can call all of the birds in an area to mob a predator and drive it off, or to flee.

I think, more often than not, that it is not that we can't hear animals communicate, it is that we don't understand them. Too many times we underestimate how complex their communications are.

Answer 3

Many animals communicate using sounds out of the range of human hearing, luckily we can use technology to be able to hear these sounds. However what still escapes us is the meanings behind the sounds.. animal do of course communicate whether we understand it or not...sometimes we can hear it, sometimes we have to use technology to hear it but the real problem is we dont understand much of it yet. Thats because each creature has its own different means of communication.. most of which sound is only a small fraction of.. animals use scent, body language, sound, and more.. Dogs especially communicate in a threefold fashion.. scent, vocalization and body language.. we can learn to understand some of it but we havent learned it all yet. The point is animals undoubtedly communicate with one another, some more than others and each in their own unique way.. it is us humans who merely dont understand it yet sufficiently enough to truly "talk" to the animals.

Answer 4

It is generally accepted that animals do communicate with each other through body language and the various sounds they make. Think of the various sounds a pet dog makes from the bark that says "I need to go potty!" to the friendly play growl and the really angry dangerous growl. These all coincide with different body attitudes of the dog such as ear and tail position and raising of the hackles.

Answer 5

It's not that we can't hear them as much as the fact that we do not understand their means of communication. With patience, you can learn with some animals. There are some chimps that have learned to respond to many words and then there are our dogs, (at least mine) who tells me when he has to go out, or is hungry . I envy Dr. Doolittle who could talk with the animals . Don't you?

Answer 6

Yes..of course...ALL animals communicate. Just because we can't always understand it does not mean it does not happen. Do WE not communicate because animals cannot understand US.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

Ya i think so.

Answer 9

DUH!!! elephants make really low clicks that is out of our hearing range. and bats use echolocation.
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