While I sit more on the fence with a lot of the discussions in this overall thread, you're increasingly being proven wrong in this aspect. For instance, prairi

While I sit more on the fence with a lot of the discussions in this overall thread, you're increasingly being proven wrong in this aspect. For instance, prairie dogs are shown to have a descriptive language: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/prairie-dogs-language-decoded-by-scientists-1.1322230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/prairie-dogs-language-deco... I highly recommend reading that one because it's funny and fascinating. Expt: Also remarkable was the amount of information crammed into a single chirp lasting a 10th of a second. "In one 10th of a second, they say 'Tall thin human wearing blue shirt walking slowly across the colony.'" -- Many Helens—err....—scientists agree: https://io9.gizmodo.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-declaration-that-animals-have-conscious-awareness-just-like-us https://io9.gizmodo.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-de...