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> Animal language is obviously on the same level as human laughter and cries and whimpers. Animals don't teach language to each other like humans do. Obviously
by ivan_gammel 2y ago
> Animal language is obviously on the same level as human laughter and cries and whimpers. Animals don't teach language to each other like humans do.
Obviously? There’s no reason to assume that. It is known that cetaceans acquire their language and dialects through social learning. It was very recently discovered that some whales even have names for each other. Their language may be different from ours, but it is not just emotions.
And then of course there are primates, elephants etc…
- Jensson 2y agoThat is one example, I am talking about the animals humans think about when they think animal language: dogs, horses, cats etc. Maybe some animals have language closer to humans, but it is far from the common definition for "animal language".
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- amanaplanacanal 2y agoAre you saying that domestic animals don’t have language, but wild animals might?
- LocalH 2y agoQuite the human-centric view of the animal world you have there