Animal Play and Animal Communication by Don L

Animal Play and Animal Communication by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen 1

Dog Tired 2

Kids and Animals Playing 3

Amazing Animals SNEEZING PANDA: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=h 4 I 2 v. A 9 tzs. Q SPIDERS ON DRUGS: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. Hzds. Fi. Bb. Fc TORTOISES: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 m. RJf. Mi 3 x. Yw&feature=related 4

Which came first, the chicken, or the egg? 5

ANIMAL POWER MOVES: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Gk. Yb. Fr 7 dc. Is 6

Fish and Birds 7

Birds LYRE BIRD: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Xj. Acy. TXRun. Y&feature=youtu. be 8

Cats 9

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Cats LOLCAT BIBLE: http: //www. lolcatbible. com/index. php? title=Genesis_1 SAD CAT DIARY: https: //www. google. com/#q=sad+cat+diary CAT WATCHING PSYCHO: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_kg. RFHa. No-Y&feature=emshare_video_user 11

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Nora’s CATcerto 14

Cat Doppelgangers & Cat and Mouse 15

Animals Helping…and Being Helped 16

Cats and Dogs CINDERELLA ANIMALS—IF THE SHOE FITS…: https: //www. facebook. com/video/embed? video_id=10200387320826253 CATS VS. DOGS PLAYING: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 dugipe. VZt. E 17

Cats and Dogs 18

Dogs DOES YOUR DOG UNDERSTAND YOU? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=K 04 anf. Dvki 8 DOGS TUCKING BABIES INTO BED: https: //www. bing. com/videos/search? q=youtube+lonely+dogs+tuck+themselves+i nto+bed&&view=detail&mid=47 C 90990 AF 7 FE 1 E 22 E 89 &rvsmid=DB 8 F 4 B 71 AFEAF 772 CBAE&fsscr=660&FORM=VDFSRV 19

Cats, Dogs & Babies 20

Personified Dog 21

Dogs and Photo Bombing 22

Dogs, Cats & Children 23

Ducks 24

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Duck Photography 26

Cat and Mouse Cat Leisure 27

Cats Reading and Sleeping 28

Animal Doppelgangers 29

Grumpy Cat! 30

Grumpy Cat lives in Phoenix, Arizona. 800 people came to get their pictures taken with Grumpy Cat. This event was at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona. 31

Mummy Cat Why were cats revered in Egypt? 32

A Cat In the Digital Age: https: //www. facebook. com/messages/bkbongar 33

Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes 34

Rhinoceros Why are rhinos becoming extinct? 35

Sea Otters 36

The Movie Thelma and Louise: The Two-Headed Turtle 37

Warning! 38

DO ANIMALS HAVE “LANGUAGE? ” • No animals learn a human-type language. However, some animal languages are impressive: 39

“TALKING” ANIMALS: • • • ants bees (Von Frisch) birds (Alcock): parrots and cockatiels (Patterson) bovines canines equines (Clever Hans) felines (Nilsen cat) fish: dolphins (Lilly) primates (Vikki-Hayes, Koko-Patterson, Warshow. Gardners, Lana, Nim Chimsky-Terrace, Sarah. Thomas/Church) 40

ANIMAL LANGUAGE: • • • Attacking Baring Throat Body Coloring and Shape Calls Chuttering Facial Expression Giving Off Pheromones Singing Tail Slapping Tail Wagging Dancing (Round, Tail-wagging, Sickle) Whistling 41

Lizards: Hungry and In. Love 42

ANIMAL MESSAGES: • • • Attention Come Defiance Dominance Food Friendship Go Mimicry (for deception and for bonding) Protection (camouflage, assistance, misleading enemies…) • Sex • Territory 43

Animal Politics 44

Rabbit vs. Snake: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. Xp 95 EMf 4 fw 45

BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp & Smith 663) 46

BEES’ TAIL-WAGGING DANCE (Kemp and Smith 664) 47

Cat Shape Shifters 48

HUMAN-LANGUAGES AMONG ANIMALS: • • • AMESLAN Computers Creations: “Sugar Fruit, ” “Finger Bracelet” Magnetic Chips Yerkish NOTE: Some mother primates have taught sign language to their daughters; is this like Planet of the Apes? 49