Have you heard dogs?
Non-language-using animals must think humans are the worst songbirds ever.
Submitted 2 months ago by AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Mango@lemmy.world 2 months ago
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh, birds are mostly screaming at each other in their equivalent of Italian. They’d do rude gestures - but no hands.
snooggums@midwest.social 2 months ago
Sometimes they flap their wings!
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why songbirds and not other vocal mammals like squirrels? Do you think they know that some bird calls sound annoying as shit? Do you think animals cannot differentiate other animals apart?
Go back in the shower, this one needs more time to cook.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
They probably think we’re all speaking German
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Ich kann hier kein Problem erkennen.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Animals are generally good at understanding that not everyone is them.
A great example is the best animal: The House Cat. Cats are pretty famous for catering their sounds to different targets. Mom not paying attention? Squeaky cry. Something needs to be taught who the big err… cat is? Growl. Content and happy? Purr.
Need something from a human? Meow. Because they understand that humans don’t understand purrs and body language to the same degree.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Animals are good at interpreting other animals’ nonverbal cues, and can often pick up a human’s general intentions without understanding their speech. But the speech itself probably seems like a bad attempt to create an accompanying musical score.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Again, cats aren’t singing. They understand it is just a different (much less efficient and much more danger prone) method of communication.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 months ago
Fixed
redisdead@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m pretty sure most humans understand what purring and growling means