animal communication

Laurel Godley godley at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 29 13:17:43 EST 2000


Dear srrs,

You should try look for some inf. on gorillas and or chimps.  There has been 
signifcant research on the gorilla's ability to learn sign language in a 
captive environment.

Also there are some parrots that have learned quite a bit.  In particular 
there is one, named Alex I beleive, at the Univeristy of Arizona.  The 
African Grey parrot has a vocabulary of 100+ words and uses them 
situationally.  He has been featured in several shows.  My own cockatoo 
hardly talks but seems to know that when he does he will get the attention 
he desires.

That is as much as I know on the topic.  The list you have written to is for 
Moths & Butterflies, which do not communicate in a fashion that most humans 
recognizes as traditional communication.  Certianly they use scented 
phermones to communicate to each other but most human would never be aware 
of this.  Other animals, such as wolves and dogs also use scent, non-verbal 
(body language and posturing), and non-laguage (ie growling, whining, 
howling) to communicate.  Again not as you and I know it.  You might want to 
try defining what you mean by communication more narrowly.

All the best...  Laurel

>From: srrs at my-deja.com
>Reply-To: srrs at my-deja.com
>To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
>Subject: animal communication
>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:36:56 GMT
>
>I am a high school student who is doing a research paper on whether or
>not animals can communitcate with humans and other animals. Please write
>your insights on this topic. Thank you.
>
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