Animal Play and Animal Communication by Don L

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

Kids and Animals Playing 2

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 3

Which came first, the chicken, or the egg? 4

ANIMAL POWER MOVES: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Gk. Yb. Fr 7 dc. Is 5

Birds LYRE BIRD: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Xj. Acy. TXRun. Y&feature=youtu. be 6

Cats 7

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Cat and Mouse Cat Leisure 11

Cats Reading and Sleeping 12

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 13

Grumpy Cat! 14

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. 15

Mummy Cat Why were cats revered in Egypt? 16

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A Cat In the Digital Age: https: //www. facebook. com/messages/bkbongar 19

Nora’s CATcerto 20

Cat Doppelgangers & Cat and Mouse 21

Animals Helping…and Being Helped 22

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 23

Cats and Dogs 24

Dog Tired 25

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 26

Cats, Dogs & Babies 27

Personified Dog 28

Dogs and Photo Bombing 29

Dogs, Cats & Children 30

Dolphins Dolphin Show in Israel: https: //www. youtube-nocookie. com/embed/p. RFq 7 K 4 v. CSk? rel=0 31

Animal Doppelgangers 32

Ducks 33

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Duck Photography 35

Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes 36

Fish and Birds 37

Rhinoceros Why are rhinos becoming extinct? 38

Sea Otters 39

The Movie Thelma and Louise: The Two-Headed Turtle 40

Warning! 41

DO ANIMALS HAVE “LANGUAGE? ” • No animals learn a human-type language. However, some animal languages are impressive: 42

“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) 43

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 44

Lizards: Hungry and In. Love 45

ANIMAL MESSAGES: • • • Attention Come Defiance Dominance Food Friendship Go Mimicry (for deception and for bonding) Protection (camouflage, assistance, misleading enemies…) • Sex • Territory 46

Animal Politics 47

Rabbit vs. Snake: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. Xp 95 EMf 4 fw 48

BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp & Smith 663) 49

BEES’ TAIL-WAGGING DANCE (Kemp and Smith 664) 50

Cat Shape Shifters 51

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? 52