> Animals with very limited language capabilities have the ability to run their own lives, and to some extent manipulate their environment. This makes me think

> Animals with very limited language capabilities have the ability to run their own lives, and to some extent manipulate their environment. This makes me think of the ongoing effort by some people to train their pets to use talking buttons to communicate. These include the animals occasionally trying to convey relatively complicated ideas with simple sets of words, like "play help" ("I'm bored, come entertain me") [1] and "dog settle" ("make that dog outside stop being annoying") [2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAQKA9WFlq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAQKA9WFlq4 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sY3K83Zao8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sY3K83Zao8