Do you think domesticated animals will evolve the power of speech eventually?
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Do you?
Will you enjoy it or will it freak you out?
What do you think your current pets would say if they could talk? Would they become a member of DS? Would DS have a forum for certain animals, or would that be seregation, same as why we don't have black / gay forums etc...
Will animals join dating websites?
Will you enjoy it or will it freak you out?
What do you think your current pets would say if they could talk? Would they become a member of DS? Would DS have a forum for certain animals, or would that be seregation, same as why we don't have black / gay forums etc...
Will animals join dating websites?
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Will it freak me out? No. I'll have been dead for millions of years.
Evolution takes time.
If you mean animals with the ability to communicate with each other and humans, then they already do. My dogs know about 40 verbal commands and hand signals. I can mostly tell what they are trying to communicate from their body language and vocals (bark, growl, whine). While my cats know rather fewer verbal cues (or chose to respond to fewer verbal cues;)) we understand each other well enough to rub by.
Today I leaned the dog body language for 'Mum, I'm f'cked off with this bliddy snow!' and cat for 'What possessed you to cover the outside with cold white stuff, stupid slave!':D
I already knew the princess-dog body language for "Go out in that?! Not on your life if I can help it! :eek:" , (she was reminded of the human for sorry but you have to at least go out and pee.)
We also revisited the hooligan-dog body language for "Yippee, fun white stuff again, waahay"
The cats were too busy snoozing in the warm after their breakfast to say anything
Mind you it takes a few million years though.
As a child I used to wonder if the cat was able to talk and that it was just because no-one had ever taken the time to teach her, that she couldn't!
I started with simple stuff like telling her that her tail was her tail and counting her legs from 1 to 4.
Alas, it didn't work and I realised that it just wasn't meant to be and that other people were right and that I was just being stupid!
....or was I? Stressmonkey's post has given me food for thought.
1. What is the long grass at the edge of a golf course called?
2. What word could be used to describe a preliminary sketch?
3. What is an uncut diamond usually called?
4. What word describes someone who is unpleasantly stern?
5. What would you call a high and tight frilly collar?
6. How would you describe Katie Price?
He's exceptionally clever.
If that's the case, my cat can talk too. I have just asked her to make me a cup of tea, but she told me she couldn't, She said "me how"
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/12-01-2010/111621-sheep_human_face-0
Wow, that's scary.
"give me my food"
"stroke or tickle just please me"
"you just woke me up for nothing"
"your correct I am wonderful"
"I want to go out / go in, you know which it is, so do it"
You all have heard this but pretend it was nothing.
I came across this page which when you scroll down a bit to 'Anatomy of speech' is quite interesting.
http://www.trueorigin.org/language01.asp
apes, there is no selective pressure on them either. they've spent countless years in the state they are now, their branch branched off from ours 5-8 million years ago after all.