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

Wake Up Cat If you are a cat lover, do you recognize these behaviors? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=XMi. AQkk. Ly 1 E 10

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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 12

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Nora’s CATcerto 15

Cat Doppelgangers & Cat and Mouse 16

Animals Helping…and Being Helped 17

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 18

Cats and Dogs 19

Dogs DOES YOUR DOG UNDERSTAND YOU? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=K 04 anf. Dvki 8 LONELY DOGS TUCK THEMSELVES INTO BED: http: //on. aol. com/video/lonely-dogs-tuck-themselves-into-bed-518519436 20

Cats, Dogs & Babies 21

Personified Dog 22

Dogs and Photo Bombing 23

Dogs, Cats & Children 24

Ducks 25

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Duck Photography 27

Cat and Mouse Cat Leisure 28

Cats Reading and Sleeping 29

Animal Doppelgangers 30

Grumpy Cat! 31

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. 32

Mummy Cat Why were cats revered in Egypt? 33

A Cat In the Digital Age: https: //www. facebook. com/messages/bkbongar 34

Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes 35

Rhinoceros Why are rhinos becoming extinct? 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